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say it: kawrt
court is a noun and verb meaning "an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business". It is pronounced /ˈkɔɹt/ — kawrt. It carries 14 recorded senses.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
a room in which a lawcourt sits
“television cameras were admitted in the courtroom”
law
the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
“players had to reserve a court in advance”
Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)
the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for court come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.