plural of court
"The players cheered loudly as their team won both courts during the final round of the tournament."
In plain English: Courts are special rooms where people go to settle arguments and decide legal problems fairly.
"The tennis courts are open to the public every afternoon."
Usage: Use courts to refer to multiple legal systems or specific areas where justice is administered, such as family courts or tennis courts. Do not use this word when you mean a single instance of the activity or need the singular form for one venue.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of court
"She courts trouble by driving recklessly through school zones every day."
In plain English: To court means to try to win someone's affection by doing nice things for them.
"She courts trouble by driving too fast in rain."
Usage: As a verb, courts means to try or judge legal cases in a formal setting. You would use this form in sentences like "The judge courts the case daily," though it is more common to say "hears" or "adjudicates" for clarity.
A surname.
"At the family reunion, Uncle Courts told a funny story about his time in college."
Derived from Old French cort, this term originally referred to an enclosure or courtyard where animals were kept before being used in tournaments. It later evolved to denote the open space surrounding a castle and eventually came to signify a place of judicial proceedings.