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1 courtship
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2 court
[ko:t] 1. noun1) (a place where legal cases are heard: a magistrates' court; the High Court.) réttur2) (the judges and officials of a legal court: The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.) dómstóll3) (a marked-out space for certain games: a tennis-court; a squash court.) völlur4) (the officials, councillors etc of a king or queen: the court of King James.) hirð5) (the palace of a king or queen: Hampton Court.) konungsgarður6) (an open space surrounded by houses or by the parts of one house.) húsagarður2. verb1) (to try to win the love of; to woo.) stíga í vænginn við2) (to try to gain (admiration etc).) sækjast eftir3) (to seem to be deliberately risking (disaster etc).) bjóða (e-u óæskilegu) heim•- courtier- courtly
- courtliness
- courtship
- courthouse
- court-martial
- courtyard
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courtship — noun Date: 1596 the act, process, or period of courting … New Collegiate Dictionary
courtship — noun a) The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. b) The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage … Wiktionary
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courtship — noun 1 (C, U) the period of time during which a man and woman have a romantic relationship before getting married 2 (U) special behaviour used by animals to attract each other for sex … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
courtship — UK [ˈkɔː(r)tʃɪp] / US [ˈkɔrtˌʃɪp] noun Word forms courtship : singular courtship plural courtships 1) [countable/uncountable] the period of time when a man and a woman have a romantic relationship with each other, before they get married 2)… … English dictionary
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courtship — [ˈkɔːtʃɪp] noun [C/U] old fashioned the romantic relationship that a man and a woman have before they get married … Dictionary for writing and speaking English