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Court vs. Ground — What's the Difference?

Court vs. Ground — What's the Difference?

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Court

A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all people have an ability to bring their claims before a court.

Ground

The solid surface of the earth
He lay on the ground

Court

An extent of open ground partially or completely enclosed by walls or buildings; a courtyard.

Ground

An area of land or sea used for a specified purpose
Shore dumping can pollute fishing grounds

Court

Abbr. Ct. A short street, especially a wide alley walled by buildings on three sides.
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Ground

An area of knowledge or subject of discussion or thought
Third-year courses cover less ground and go into more depth
He shifted the argument on to theoretical grounds of his own choosing

Court

A large open section of a building, often with a glass roof or skylight.

Ground

Factors forming a basis for action or the justification for a belief
They called for a retrial on the grounds of the new evidence
There are some grounds for optimism

Court

A large building, such as a mansion, arranged around a courtyard.

Ground

A prepared surface to which paint is applied.

Court

The place of residence of a sovereign or dignitary; a royal mansion or palace.

Ground

Solid particles, especially of coffee, which form a residue; sediment
Machines which presoak the coffee grounds produce a superior cup of coffee

Court

The retinue of a sovereign, including the royal family and personal servants, advisers, and ministers.

Ground

Electrical connection to the earth.

Court

A sovereign's governing body, including the council of ministers and state advisers.

Ground

Short for ground bass

Court

A formal meeting or reception presided over by a sovereign.

Ground

Prohibit or prevent (a pilot or an aircraft) from flying
A bitter wind blew from the north-east and the bombers were grounded

Court

A person or body of persons that presides over the hearing of cases; a judge or panel of judges.

Ground

(with reference to a ship) run or go aground
Rather than be blown up, Muller grounded his ship on a coral reef

Court

The building, hall, or room where cases are heard.

Ground

Give (something abstract) a firm theoretical or practical basis
The study of history must be grounded in a thorough knowledge of the past

Court

The session at which cases are heard.

Ground

Place (something) on the ground or touch the ground with (something)
He was penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker

Court

An ecclesiastical court.

Ground

Connect (an electrical device) with the ground.

Court

(Sports) An open level area marked with appropriate lines, upon which a game, such as tennis, handball, or basketball, is played.

Ground

(of a batter) hit a pitched ball so that it bounces on the ground
He grounded to second

Court

The body of directors of an organization, especially of a corporation.

Ground

Past and past participle of grind

Court

A legislative assembly.

Ground

Reduced to fine particles by crushing or mincing
Ground cumin

Court

To attempt to gain; seek
Courting wealth and fame.

Ground

The solid surface of the earth.

Court

To behave so as to invite or incur
Courts disaster by taking drugs.

Ground

The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.

Court

To try to gain the love or affections of, especially to seek to marry.

Ground

Soil; earth
Level the ground for a lawn.

Court

To attempt to gain the favor of by attention or flattery
A salesperson courting a potential customer.

Ground

Often grounds An area of land designated for a particular purpose
A burial ground.
Parade grounds.

Court

(Zoology) To behave so as to attract (a mate).

Ground

Often grounds The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building
A guesthouse on the grounds of the mansion.

Court

To pursue a courtship; woo.

Ground

An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle
The soldiers held their ground against the enemy. Character witnesses helped the defendant stand her ground in the trial.

Court

(Zoology) To engage in courtship behavior.

Ground

Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else
A ground of white paint under the mural.

Court

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.

Ground

A surrounding area; a background.

Court

A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.

Ground

Often grounds The foundation for an argument, belief, or action; a basis.

Court

A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme.

Ground

Often grounds The underlying condition prompting an action; a cause
Grounds for suspicion.
A ground for divorce.

Court

An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.

Ground

The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!

Court

(social) Royal society.

Ground

(uncountable) Terrain.

Court

The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
The noblemen visited the queen in her court.

Ground

Soil, earth.
The worm crawls through the ground.
The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.

Court

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.

Ground

(countable) The bottom of a body of water.

Court

Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.

Ground

Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.

Court

Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone

Ground

, (epistemic) justification, cause.
You will need to show good grounds for your action.
He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.

Court

(law) The administration of law.

Ground

Background, context, framework, surroundings.

Court

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
Many famous criminals have been put on trial in this court.

Ground

(historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".

Court

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
The court started proceedings at 11 o'clock.

Ground

Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.

Court

(often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

Ground

The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
Crimson flowers on a white ground

Court

The session of a judicial assembly.
The court is now in session.

Ground

(sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.

Court

Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

Ground

(point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
Brussels ground

Court

(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
The local sports club has six tennis courts and two squash courts.
The shuttlecock landed outside the court.

Ground

(etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.

Court

One of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play

Ground

One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.

Court

(transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.

Ground

(countable) A soccer stadium.
Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.

Court

(transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
He courted controversy with his frank speeches.

Ground

An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).

Court

(transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.

Ground

The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).

Court

(transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.
The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.

Ground

(music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.

Court

(transitive) To attempt to attract.

Ground

(music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

Court

(transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

Ground

The pit of a theatre.

Court

(transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.

Ground

(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.

Court

(intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
She's had a few beaus come courting.

Ground

(transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
My kids are currently grounded from television.

Court

(intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
In this season, you can see many animals courting.

Ground

(transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.

Court

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
The courts of the house of our God.
And round the cool green courts there ran a rowOf cloisters.
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.

Ground

To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
Jim was grounded in maths.

Court

The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
Attends the emperor in his royal court.
This our court, infected with their manners,Shows like a riotous inn.

Ground

(baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).

Court

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.
My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove.

Ground

To place something on the ground.

Court

Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
The princesses held their court within the fortress.

Ground

(intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
The ship grounded on the bar.

Court

Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
No solace could her paramour intreatHer once to show, ne court, nor dalliance.
I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle.

Ground

To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

Court

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
Most heartily I do beseech the courtTo give the judgment.

Ground

(fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.

Court

The session of a judicial assembly.

Ground

To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
I ground myself with meditation.

Court

Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

Ground

Simple past tense and past participle of grind
I ground the coffee up nicely.

Court

A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

Ground

Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
Ground mustard seed

Court

To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted.

Ground

Processed by grinding.
Lenses of ground glass

Court

To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
If either of you both love Katharina . . . Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.

Ground

The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.
There was not a man to till the ground.
The fire ran along upon the ground.

Court

To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.
Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and solitude.

Ground

Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country.
From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground.

Court

To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
A well-worn pathway courted usTo one green wicket in a privet hedge.

Ground

Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.
Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.

Court

To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

Ground

The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.

Court

An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

Ground

That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.

Court

The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

Ground

A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.

Court

A specially marked area within which a game is played;
Players had to reserve a court in advance

Ground

One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; - usually in the plural.

Court

A room in which a law court sits;
Television cameras were admitted in the courtroom

Ground

A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
On that ground I'll build a holy descant.

Court

A yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings;
The house was built around an inner court

Ground

A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.

Court

The residence of a sovereign or nobleman;
The king will visit the duke's court

Ground

Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.

Court

The family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

Ground

The pit of a theater.
There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher.
These nine . . . began to give me ground.

Court

A hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area

Ground

To lay, set, or run, on the ground.

Court

Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)

Ground

To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
Being rooted and grounded in love.
So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.

Court

Respectful deference;
Pay court to the emperor

Ground

To instruct in elements or first principles.

Court

Make amorous advances towards;
John is courting Mary

Ground

To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.

Court

Seek someone's favor;
China is wooing Russia

Ground

To forbid (a pilot) to fly an airplane; - usually as a disciplinary measure, or for reasons of ill health sufficient to interfere with performance.

Court

Engage in social activities leading to marriage;
We were courting for over ten years

Ground

To forbid (aircraft) to fly; - usually due to the unsafe condition of the aircraft or lack of conformity to safety regulations; as, the discovery of a crack in the wing of a Trijet caused the whole fleeet to be grounded for inspection.

Ground

To temporarily restrict the activities of (a child), especially social activity outside the house; - usually for bad or unsatisfactory conduct; as, Johnny was grounded for fighting at school and can't go to the movies for two weeks.

Ground

To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.

Ground

The solid part of the earth's surface;
The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
The earth shook for several minutes
He dropped the logs on the ground

Ground

A rational motive for a belief or action;
The reason that war was declared
The grounds for their declaration

Ground

The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;
They dug into the earth outside the church

Ground

A relation that provides the foundation for something;
They were on a friendly footing
He worked on an interim basis

Ground

A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle);
They gained ground step by step
They fought to regain the lost ground

Ground

The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
He posed her against a background of rolling hills

Ground

Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);
The land had never been plowed
Good agricultural soil

Ground

A relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

Ground

A connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)

Ground

(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

Ground

The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

Ground

Fix firmly and stably;
Anchor the lamppost in concrete

Ground

Confine or restrict to the ground;
After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot

Ground

Place or put on the ground

Ground

Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

Ground

Bring to the ground;
The storm grounded the ship

Ground

Hit or reach the ground

Ground

Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

Ground

Hit a groundball;
He grounded to the second baseman

Ground

Hit onto the ground

Ground

Cover with a primer; apply a primer to

Ground

Connect to a ground;
Ground the electrical connections for safety reasons

Ground

Use as a basis for; found on;
Base a claim on some observation

Ground

Broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone;
Paved with crushed bluestone
Ground glass is used as an abrasive

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