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# court

«court» in Mova's school dictionary: **A place where a judge decides legal cases; also the judge…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a court, courts); verb (court, courts, courted, courting — old or formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A place where a judge decides legal cases; also the judge and people there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#m1)

2) An area marked out for some sports, such as tennis, netball or basketball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#m2)

3) The home of a king or queen and the people around them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#m3)

4) (verb, old) To try to win someone's love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#m4)

5) (verb) To try to get something: "court danger". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies and stories: the thief went to court. In PE: the netball court, tennis court. In fairy tales: the king's court. Phrases: go to court, take someone to court, court case, out of court, on court.

### examples

- The man had to go to court for stealing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#x1)
- We played tennis on the school court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#x2)
- The judge spoke to the court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#x3)
- The king's court was full of knights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#x4)
- A basketball court has two hoops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#x5)
- They settled the argument out of court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#x6)
- Riding without a helmet is courting danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#x7)
- But he soon returned to Court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/#x8)

### note

Countable. Sport: "on court"; law: "in court". Related: courtyard, courtroom. In maths, a tennis court's size gives area and perimeter problems.

### In the corpora

- [An employment tribunal is a kind of court for work disputes, such as being sacked unfairly or not being paid what is owed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/17/)
- [Bailiffs can collect money owed only after a court decision and many warnings, under strict rules, and cannot take essentials.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/20/)
- [A divorce is the official legal end of a marriage, and "the divorce came through" means the court has finished it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/11/)
- [Serious accusations belong to courts and investigations, not to jokes in the playground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/25/)
- ["Charged" with a crime is not the same as "guilty"; the court decides, so wait for it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «court» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/court/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.