How do you use the word "court" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "court" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "court": We went to court when they refused to pay for the damage. Some were playing tennis on the court.

Court Meaning

/ˈkɔːt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn 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.

Sentence Examples

We went to court when they refused to pay for the damage.

Some were playing tennis on the court.

The English court had no jurisdiction over the defendants.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

romance solicit courtroom

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The judge entered the ____ and called the first case.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

We went to ____ when they refused to pay for the damage.

Word Origin & History

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

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"All round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters, branched like mighty woods, / Echoing all night to that sonorous flow / Of spouted fountain floods." — 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza XXX, page 77:

"Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court." — 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:

"This our court, infected with their manners, / Shows like a riotous inn." — c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

"My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you." — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

"Love rules the court, the camp, the grove." — 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):

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