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# courtesy

«courtesy» in Mova's school dictionary: **polite, kind and respectful behaviour towards other people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (courtesy, courtesies); adjective use (courtesy bus, courtesy call)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Courtesy is polite, kind and respectful behaviour towards other people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#m1)

2) A courtesy is a polite act or remark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#m2)

3) Courtesy (bus, car, call) means given free as a polite service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#m3)

4) «Courtesy of» means given or made possible by someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In manners lessons courtesy is saying please and thank you, holding doors and waiting your turn. In everyday life a courtesy bus or car is free. Phrases: «common courtesy», «out of courtesy», «courtesy of», «courtesy call», «courtesy bus».

### examples

- It is common courtesy to say thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#x1)
- He held the door open out of courtesy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#x2)
- The hotel has a free courtesy bus to the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#x3)
- The photos are courtesy of our school club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#x4)
- Please show courtesy to visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#x5)
- The garage gave us a courtesy car while ours was fixed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#x6)
- ‘Thanks for your courtesy,’ replied Simon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtesy/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable for the quality; countable «courtesies» for acts. Adjective: courteous. Pronounced KER-tuh-see.

### Trees and pragmatics

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