What part of speech is courts?

Courts can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. courts is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of court (infinitive).
  • 2. courts is a noun, plural of court.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does courts mean?

Definitions

Verb

court - engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"
court - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
court - seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia"

Noun

court - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
court - an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"
court - a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"
court - a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"
court - the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
court - respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"
court - the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court"
court - the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
court - a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
Court - Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)
court - a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area

Examples of courts

#   Sentence  
1. noun Bullet-proof vests, automatic weapons, helicopters, tanks, robots ... the testosterone is oozing through the streets, more prisons, longer sentences, tighten the belt, spartan conditions, task forces, gang units, gun courts.
2. noun The hotel has a swimming pool, tennis courts and the like.
3. noun In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables.
4. noun Wimbledon has eighteen grass courts, including the Center Court.
5. noun The courts administer the law.
6. noun At that time in the courts of the feudal lords there were many scholars who engaged in discrimination, such as the followers of Xun Kuang, who wrote books that were disseminated throughout the whole world.
7. noun They were tried in federal courts.
8. noun They fought the measures in the courts.
9. noun I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
10. noun There are tennis courts in this park.
11. noun Tom and Mary often play tennis on grass courts.
12. noun This contract shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Mumbai alone.
13. noun The President continues to support funding for drug courts, which give first-time, non-violent offenders a chance to serve their sentence, if appropriate, in drug rehabilitation programs that have proven to work better than prison terms in changing behavior.
14. noun The courts will decide that.
15. noun It is just because fear of punishment has no deterrent effect that crime continues in spite of all laws and courts, prisons and executions.
16. verb Separating a pair some time before a show (killies are usually shown & judged & often sold as pairs) will encourage them to court and show their best colors.
17. verb Fadil went to court the following week.
18. verb Fadil went to court the following week.
Sentence  
noun
Bullet-proof vests, automatic weapons, helicopters, tanks, robots ... the testosterone is oozing through the streets, more prisons, longer sentences, tighten the belt, spartan conditions, task forces, gang units, gun courts.
The hotel has a swimming pool, tennis courts and the like.
In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables.
Wimbledon has eighteen grass courts, including the Center Court.
The courts administer the law.
At that time in the courts of the feudal lords there were many scholars who engaged in discrimination, such as the followers of Xun Kuang, who wrote books that were disseminated throughout the whole world.
They were tried in federal courts.
They fought the measures in the courts.
I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
There are tennis courts in this park.
Tom and Mary often play tennis on grass courts.
This contract shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Mumbai alone.
The President continues to support funding for drug courts, which give first-time, non-violent offenders a chance to serve their sentence, if appropriate, in drug rehabilitation programs that have proven to work better than prison terms in changing behavior.
The courts will decide that.
It is just because fear of punishment has no deterrent effect that crime continues in spite of all laws and courts, prisons and executions.
verb
Separating a pair some time before a show (killies are usually shown & judged & often sold as pairs) will encourage them to court and show their best colors.
Fadil went to court the following week.
Fadil went to court the following week.

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