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home court

home court

11 3.0
The place where a sports team plays its own games for local fans
  • noun
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  • Having the home court allows the players to feel more comfortable and confident during the game.
  • home court advantage

So, you know, I just wanted to get your thoughts on, you know, the home court advantage versus an away game, you know, if anyone else is having that issue.

Examples

  • Free throw percentage improved in the home court condition as well, nine percentage points for the men.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The Tigers won 22-15, 25-13, 22-25, 25-12 on their home court.

    Blog text (24)

  • I mean, you have home court advantage.

    Mile 22 (2018)

  • And we have home court advantage.

    Security (2017)

  • All of the pressure shifts to Atlanta to defend home court with a loss tonight.

    Blog text (26)

  • Carlos still has the home court advantage.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The college basketball rankings system uses basic scoreboard data, including which teams played, which team had home court advantage, and the margin of victory.

    Academic text (2008)

  • When determining the value of home court advantage, LRMC considers how much playing at home helps a team win, rather than how many points playing on a home court is worth.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The team hopes to celebrate their playoff victory on their home court in front of their fans.

  • The coach emphasized the importance of winning at home court to secure a better position in the playoffs.

Synonyms

home ground
vshome court
2 3.6

A place where a person, group, or animal feels most comfortable, often a team's regular field

is the specific playing space used when the team hosts matches

Antonyms

away game
9 2.7

A sports match played at the other team's stadium

Surface Forms

home court singular
home courts plural

Morphology

home + court

The meaning 'the court where a team plays its home games' is directly and transparently built from 'home' (the team's own place) plus 'court' (the sports playing area). This compositional sports term follows a common pattern (cf. 'home field', 'home ground') and is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Home court comes from sports: home means the team's town and court is the place they play. When a team plays on its home court, they have their fans and know the place. That makes it easier to win, so the phrase means the team's own playing place and the 'home advantage'.