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# forecourt

«forecourt» in Mova's school dictionary: **an open area in front of a building, such as a petrol…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a forecourt, forecourts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A forecourt is an open area in front of a building, such as a petrol station, hotel, shop or church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#m1)

2) In tennis and similar sports, the forecourt is the part of the court nearest the net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand), the forecourt of a petrol station is where the pumps are; safety rules there say no smoking and no phones. In sport, players step into the forecourt to hit volleys. Phrases: «petrol station forecourt», «on the forecourt».

### examples

- We parked on the forecourt of the petrol station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#x1)
- No smoking is allowed on the forecourt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#x2)
- Children were playing on the church forecourt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#x3)
- The hotel forecourt was full of taxis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#x4)
- She moved into the forecourt to hit a volley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#x5)
- The car dealer had shiny cars lined up on the forecourt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#x6)
- In the forecourt was a royal seat of polished jasper, and in the middle of the platform was a basin of purest water that flashed like a mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forecourt/#x7)

### note

Built from «fore» (front) + «court» (yard). Countable.

### Trees and pragmatics

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