courtship
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈkɔrtʃɪp/
:
cortejo
- My research suggests that patterns of courtship and marriage differ little between towns and villages.
- courtship and marriage
- love and courtship
- courtship patterns
That's not love bombing, that's a normal courtship, right?
- That's not love bombing, that's a normal courtship, right?
- But if you're in that early courtship phase, create that space.
- It wasn't what I would call a typical dating courtship where it leads up to a proposal.
- Most cinematic or television courtships are big.
- But you have you have inception, the game pick up it's sort of courtship and, and and dating and validation and and sort of casual stuff.
Examples
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In the early days of my parents' courtship, my mother told stories.
Fiction book (1995) -
Where I come from, that counts as courtship.
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Like I feel like way too many people are going through a very important part of courtship and getting to know someone over text.
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That is how our courtship began.
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I decided to end our courtship the same way I started it.
Fiction book (1996) -
I've been trying to write the story of our courtship now for 10 years.
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Our whole courtship, we watched Westerns.
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When Micah tells the story of our courtship, he tells it with great self-deprecation and humor.
Fiction book (1995) -
Their mad, impulsive courtship had been full of laughter and stolen kisses from the first.
Fiction book (2000) -
Their courtship lasted for several years before they finally decided to get married.
Synonyms
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1.6
Spending time with someone in a romantic way to see if you want a relationship
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3.5
Playful behaviour to show romantic or sexual interest
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6.4
Trying to win someone's love, often to marry them
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4.6
Trying to get someone's love, often with marriage in mind
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5.5
To try to make someone love you, often to marry them
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.6
Actions people or animals do to attract a partner before starting a relationship
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Courtship comes from the idea of a court as a place where people tried to 'win favor', and the ending -ship means a 'state' or 'time'. So, courtship is the time when someone tries to win another person's love, often with the aim of marriage.