court

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
  2. noun a room in which a lawcourt sits
  3. noun the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

Etymology

From Middle English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Late Latin cōrs, contracted from Latin cohors. Doublet of cohort. A court (noun sense 4.2) assembled to hear the testimony of Charles Lindbergh. The room is also a court (noun sense 4.1). Professional tennis players playing on a tennis court (noun sense 5) in New Delhi, India

In classic literature

Synonyms

tribunal, judicature

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