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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 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.