EGAVE

court

About 122.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
    The girls were playing in the court.
  2. noun A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
  3. noun A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
  4. noun An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
  5. noun Royal society. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
    The noblemen visited the queen in her court.
  6. noun The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
    The noblemen visited the queen in her court.
  7. noun 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.
    The queen and her court traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.
  8. noun Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.

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Word family

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