downcourt

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adverb

Toward one's team's offensive basket

Opposite
upcourt
OriginEnglish court ← Middle English court ← Old French cort →
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Meanings

adverbdowncourt (comparative further downcourt or farther downcourt, superlative furthest downcourt or farthest downcourt)

comparative further downcourt · comparative farther downcourt · superlative furthest downcourt · superlative farthest downcourt

  1. ball gamesToward one's team's offensive basket

    Ever since Barnes played with Davis at U.C.L.A., he has been able to throw baseball passes halfway downcourt.

    2007 May 13, Lee Jenkins, “Nellie Ball Energizes Warriors and Confounds Opponents”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
upcourt

Origin

  1. Englishdown-
  2. Latincōrs
  3. Old Frenchcort
  4. Middle Englishcourt
  5. Englishcourt
  6. Englishdowncourt

From down- + court.

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Cite this entry
APA

downcourt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downcourt

MLA

“downcourt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downcourt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downcourt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downcourt.

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