Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to court
Participle: courted
Gerund: courting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | court |
| you | court |
| he;she;it | courts |
| we | court |
| you | court |
| they | court |
Perfect
| I | have courted |
| you | have courted |
| he;she;it | has courted |
| we | have courted |
| you | have courted |
| they | have courted |
Past
| I | courted |
| you | courted |
| he;she;it | courted |
| we | courted |
| you | courted |
| they | courted |
Pluperfect
| I | had courted |
| you | had courted |
| he;she;it | had courted |
| we | had courted |
| you | had courted |
| they | had courted |
Future
| I | will court |
| you | will court |
| he;she;it | will court |
| we | will court |
| you | will court |
| they | will court |
Future Perfect
| I | will have courted |
| you | will have courted |
| he;she;it | will have courted |
| we | will have courted |
| you | will have courted |
| they | will have courted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | court |
| you | court |
| he;she;it | court |
| we | court |
| you | court |
| they | court |
Perfect
| I | have courted |
| you | have courted |
| he;she;it | have courted |
| we | have courted |
| you | have courted |
| they | have courted |
Imperfect
| I | courted |
| you | courted |
| he;she;it | courted |
| we | courted |
| you | courted |
| they | courted |
Pluperfect
| I | had courted |
| you | had courted |
| he;she;it | had courted |
| we | had courted |
| you | had courted |
| they | had courted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would court |
| you | would court |
| he;she;it | would court |
| we | would court |
| you | would court |
| they | would court |
Perfect
| I | would have courted |
| you | would have courted |
| he;she;it | would have courted |
| we | would have courted |
| you | would have courted |
| they | would have courted |
Imperative
| you | court |
| we | Let's court |
| you | court |
Verbs conjugated like 'court'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'court'
count,
courb,
coure,
curt,
accourt,
blurt,
boult,
bourd,
bout,
cart,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to solicit in love
- address, bedear, chase after, endear, make love, pitch woo, put the moves on, romance, solicit, spark, woo
- to arouse interest
- allure, arrest, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, draw, enchant, engage, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, mesmerize, pull, pull in, sirenize, spellbind, tempt, tole
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Late Latin cōrs, contracted from Latin cohors. Doublet of cohort.
2. Professional tennis players playing on a tennis court (noun sense 5) in New Delhi, India
Verbs referencing "court"
Sranan
krutu.
Sample Sentences
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He was courting big new accounts that previous salesmen had not attempted.
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On the contrary, they employed the brief respite that was left them in fortifying one another's courage, and in bearing testimony to the truth in so earnest a manner that they might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom. [1800, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of The Reign of Philip The Second, King of Spain, volume 3:]
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Guilt and misery shrink, by a natural instinct, from public notice: they court privacy and solitude: and even in their choice of a grave will sometimes sequester themselves from the general population of the churchyard […] [1821, Thomas De Quincey, “To the Reader”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater:]
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She courted controversy with her frank speeches.
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It is not unknown for hot axleboxes to fail completely and for wagons to become derailed as a result. Surely it is courting disaster to allow a train to proceed for up to seven miles with a defective vehicle before it can be brought to a halt? [1964 April, “Automatic Signalling Problems in an Emergency”, in Modern Railways, page 273:]
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Near-synonyms: entice, allure; see also Thesaurus:allure
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If either of you both love Katharina […] / Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. [c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act 1, scene 1:]
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The bird was courting a potential mate by performing an elaborate dance.
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At this time of year, you can see many animals courting.
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By one person, however, Portland was still assiduously courted, and that person was the king. [1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 24, in The History of England: From the Accession of James II, volume 5:]
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[…] a well-worn pathway courted us / To one green wicket in a privet hedge […] [a. 1835, Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter:]
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It is a grim, grey old town, standing on bleak, precipitous cliffs that court every passing hurricane, […] [1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:]
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She's had a few beaus come courting.