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(fôr'kôrt', fōr'kōrt') pronunciation
n.
  1. A courtyard in front of a building.
  2. Sports. The part of a court nearest the net or wall, as in tennis or handball.

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A court forming an entrance plaza for a single building or several buildings in a group.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings

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In architecture a forecourt is an open area in front of a structure's entrance.

In archaeology, forecourt is the name given to the area in front of certain types of chamber tomb. They were likely the venue of ritual practices connected with the burial and commemoration of the dead in the past societies that built these types of tombs.

In European megalithic architecture, such as that found in the Megalithic Temples of Malta, forecourts are curved in plan with the entrance to the tomb at the apex of the open semicircular enclosure that the forecourt creates. The sides were built up by either large upright stones or walls of smaller stones laid atop one another.

Some also had paved floors and some had blocking stones erected in front of them to seal the tomb such as at West Kennet Long Barrow. Their shape, which suggests an attempt to focus attention on the tomb itself may mean that they were used ceremonially as a kind of open air auditorium during ceremonies. Excavation within some forecourts has recovered animal bone, pottery and evidence of burning suggesting that they served as locations for votive offerings or feasting dedicated to the dead.

In a gas station a forecourt is the area where the pumps are present. It is the area outside the sales room or the convenience store of a gas station when customers park their automobiles for filling fuel. It can either be manned or unmanned.

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In athletic field, forecourt means first half of a race.


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forgård, banen nærmest nettet i tennis, forplads på servicestation

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorplein, terrein dichtbij het net (sport)

Français (French)
n. - esplanade, (GB) parking, aire de stationnement, (GB) cour de la gare, parvis (d'une église), avant-cour (d'un château), carrés de service (tennis)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorplatz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προαύλιο

Italiano (Italian)
piazzale, zona di battuta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - terreno (m) amplo na frente de um prédio

Русский (Russian)
передний двор, передняя часть теннисной площадки

Español (Spanish)
n. - patio (en el frente del edificio), área de servicio, (tenis) parte del campo entre la línea de saque y la red

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - yttergård, del av tennisbana mell. servelinje o nät

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
前院, 前场, 前庭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 前院, 前場, 前庭

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 앞 뜰

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 前庭, フォアコート

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ساحه أماميه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חצר קדמית, קדמה, מחצית מגרש טניס, איזור מילוי הדלק בתחנת-דלק‬

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