Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word court. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in court.
Definitions and meaning of court
court
Etymology
From Middle Englishcourt, from Old Frenchcort, curt, from Latincōrtem (accusative of cōrs), ultimately from cohors. Doublet of cohort.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɔːt/
(General American) IPA(key): /kɔɹt/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko(ː)ɹt/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /koət/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /koːt/
Homophone: caught(non-rhotic with the horse-hoarse merger)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Noun
court (pluralcourts)
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
(Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
(Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme.
(Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
(social) Royal society.
The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone
(law) The administration of law.
The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
(often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
The session of a judicial assembly.
Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
(ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Bulgarian: корт(kort)
→ French: court
→ Russian: корт(kort)
→ Armenian: կորտ(kort)
Translations
Verb
court (third-person singular simple presentcourts, present participlecourting, simple past and past participlecourted)
(transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
(transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
(transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
(transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.
(transitive) To attempt to attract.
(transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
Synonyms:charm, entrance; see also Thesaurus:allure
(transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
(intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.