court
verb [I or T] (HAVE A RELATIONSHIP) /kɔːt/
/kɔːrt/ old-fashionedDefinition
› to have a romantic relationship with someone that you hope to marry: They courted for two years before getting married.Finding a partner
(Definition of court verb (HAVE A RELATIONSHIP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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