Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| latina | sedeō |
Määritelmät
Verbit
- (of a king or other high-ranking aristocrat) To preside in a formal manner over an official assembly of courtiers and others in which entertainment is presented or affairs of state are considered.
- (legal, of a judge or equivalent official) To convene or preside over a trial or other legal proceeding in a court of law.
- (idiomatic, by extension) To serve as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc.
Esimerkit
- [T]his was one of the anterooms off the main throneroom in which the king was accustomed to hold court with his entire retinue.
- Bean held court in an outhouse, the prisoner seated on a bale of flint hides. Bean was not only judge but prosecutor, as well as counsel for the defense.
- California's Acting Secretary of State . . . asked the judge in the case not to hold court on Election Day, Nov. 8, and the day before.
- She was the centre of a very brilliant group, a most beautiful woman holding court, as was only right and proper, among her admirers.
- Suddenly I heard a familiar laugh, headed down to the bar and found José Andrés holding court with journalists on behalf of a solar-powered cookstove that cheaply boils water for people with little or no access to fuel.
- With a rumpled, folksy manner, he held court for years in the smoke-filled beer hall of the King Louis Hotel in Calgary.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | held court |
| Imperfekti | held court |
| Partisiipin preesens | holding court |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | holds court |