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Meaning of "courtroom" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COURTROOM

courtroom  [ˈkɔːtˌruːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COURTROOM

noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Courtroom is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COURTROOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

courtroom

Courtroom

A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court. A small courtroom in Bern, Switzerland. The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole.

Definition of courtroom in the English dictionary

The definition of courtroom in the dictionary is a room in which the sittings of a law court are held.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COURTROOM


anteroom
ˈæntɪˌruːm
ballroom
ˈbɔːlˌruːm
bathroom
ˈbɑːθˌruːm
bedroom
ˈbɛdˌruːm
boardroom
ˈbɔːdˌruːm
chatroom
ˈtʃætˌruːm
classroom
ˈklɑːsˌruːm
cloakroom
ˈkləʊkˌruːm
darkroom
ˈdɑːkˌruːm
homeroom
ˈhəʊmˌruːm
legroom
ˈlɛɡˌruːm
newsroom
ˈnjuːzˌruːm
playroom
ˈpleɪˌruːm
pressroom
ˈprɛsˌruːm
salesroom
ˈseɪlzˌruːm
showroom
ˈʃəʊˌruːm
stateroom
ˈsteɪtˌruːm
sunroom
ˈsʌnˌruːm
tearoom
ˈtiːˌruːm
washroom
ˈwɒʃˌruːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COURTROOM

courthouse
courtier
courtierism
courtierlike
courtierly
courting couple
courtlet
courtlier
courtliest
courtlike
courtliness
courtling
courtly
courtly love
Courtrai
courts martial
courtship
courtship display
courtside
courtyard

WORDS THAT END LIKE COURTROOM

backroom
broom
chat room
coatroom
dining room
double room
dressing room
elephant in the room
emergency room
family room
groom
hotel room
living room
locker room
locker-room
master bedroom
mushroom
press room
room
streetroom

Synonyms and antonyms of courtroom in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «courtroom» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COURTROOM

Find out the translation of courtroom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of courtroom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «courtroom» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

审判室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sala del tribunal
570 millions of speakers

English

courtroom
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अदालत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قاعة المحكمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Зал суда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sala de tribunal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদালতের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

salle de tribunal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bilik mahkamah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gerichtssaal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

法廷
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

법정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Courtroom
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phòng xử án
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீதிமன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोर्टरूम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mahkeme salonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tribunale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sali
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зал суду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sala de judecată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αίθουσα του δικαστηρίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hofsaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rättssalen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rettssalen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of courtroom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COURTROOM»

The term «courtroom» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.747 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COURTROOM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «courtroom» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «courtroom» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about courtroom

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10 QUOTES WITH «COURTROOM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word courtroom.
1
Peter Ackroyd
I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.
2
Harry Browne
A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.
3
Warren E. Burger
We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
4
Warren Christopher
It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
5
Johnnie Cochran
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
6
Johnnie Cochran
Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.
7
Clarence Darrow
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.
8
Samuel Dash
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
9
Dominick Dunne
I had never attended a trial until my daughter's murder trial. What I witnessed in that courtroom enraged and redirected me.
10
Larry Flynt
Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COURTROOM»

Discover the use of courtroom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to courtroom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American ...
Courtroom 302 is the story of one year in one courtroom in Chicago’s Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country.
Steve Bogira, 2011
2
Battered Women in the Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses
For the first time, a study of the ways in which judges respond to abused women.
James Ptacek, 1999
3
Courtroom Interpreting
In Courtroom Interpreting, Marianne Mason offers a new perspective in the study of courtroom interpreting through the exploration of cognitive and linguistic barriers that court interpreters face everyday and ultimately result in an ...
Marianne Mason, 2008
4
The Bilingual Courtroom: Court Interpreters in the Judicial ...
Winner of the British Association for Applied Linguistics' annual award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Applied Linguistics Drawing on more than one hundred hours of taped recordings of Spanish and English court proceedings-along with ...
Susan Berk-Seligson, 2002
5
Exploring Courtroom Discourse: The Language of Power and Control
This volume presents a combination of practical, empirical research data and theoretical reflection to provide a comparative view of language and discourse in the courtroom.
Dr Le Cheng, Ms Anne Wagner, 2013
6
Cameras in the Courtroom: Television and the Pursuit of Justice
A look at Court TV provides an instructive overview of the good and bad of television coverage, while the concluding sections of the work focus on the future of cameras in the courtroom. --Publisher.
Marjorie Cohn, David Dow, 2002
7
Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom
The book concludes with commentaries written by leading social science and law scholars that discuss key legal and scientific themes and illustrate how psychological science is, or can be, used in the courts and in other policy contexts.
Eugene Borgida, Susan T. Fiske, 2008
8
Psychological Science in the Courtroom: Consensus and ...
With a focus on real-world legal situations, the book offers guidelines for presenting scientific evidence accurately and effectively in courtroom testimony and written reports.
Jennifer L. Skeem, Kevin S. Douglas, Scott O. Lilienfeld, 2009
9
Fairy Tale Courtroom
Comedy Characters: flexible cast of 12-28 males & Females (doubling possible) This extremely adaptable comedy shows the other side of several familiar fairy tales when two of their biggest villains, the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch, ...
Dana Proulx, 2010
10
From the Closet to the Courtroom: Five LGBT Rights Lawsuits ...
In From the Closet to the Courtroom, law professor Carlos Ball follows the stories behind these crucial lawsuits.
Carlos A. Ball, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COURTROOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term courtroom is used in the context of the following news items.
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Through a courtroom window, son watches father answer to murder …
On Tuesday, the elder Jackson was back in Houston, appearing in a courtroom at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse on a murder charge. «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Bomb victim determined to return to courtroom; lawsuit sheds light …
WINNIPEG — She has a difficult road to recovery but Maria Mitousis is determined to return to the courtroom. “She wanted everyone to know ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
3
Courtroom men lift wheelchair basketball bronze in NAS Ramadan …
Al Thiqah Club, Sharjah and UAE national squad regular, Habib Al Balooshi with his superb dual role in defence and attack provided a solid ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
4
Female Lawyer Is Hauled From Courtroom in Political Case in China
When she insisted, she was asked to exit the courtroom. When she declined to do so, she was dragged out by a group of burly bailiffs. «The Epoch Times, Jul 15»
5
Cosby sunk by own courtroom admissions
Washington - In late November, while a cascade of accusers publicly portrayed Bill Cosby as a serial, decades-long rapist, the ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
6
Leaked Movie Stills Of Jazbaa : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Shoots In …
One of the fan pages on Twitter posted some pictures, from the sets of the film, where the actress is shooting in the courtroom. As shown in the ... «koimoi, Jul 15»
7
Legally blind judge still running courtroom
Federal judge Eric Vitaliano has become legally blind from cataracts, making his usual daily grind of reading legal papers and writing rulings ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
8
Intimidation suspect falls to courtroom floor during sentencing
DANVILLE — A Mahoning Township man keeled over onto the courtroom floor after being sentenced to immediate jail time for intimidating his ... «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
9
Lawyer walks out of courtroom over 'white block' jibe
Labour deputy leader Toni Abela stormed out of a courtroom today after a lawyer passed a remark referring to the "white block" seen being cut ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
10
Highs, lows of human condition seen in the courtroom
“There were times when the entire staff would be crying as they left the courtroom because they had seen a child united to a wonderful family.”. «Tulsa World, Jul 15»

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