"courtship" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔːt.ʃɪp/ [UK], /ˈkɔrt.ʃɪp/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-courtship.wav [UK] Forms: courtship [singular], courtships [plural]
Etymology: court + -ship Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|court|ship}} court + -ship Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Courtship is the period leading up to mating or marriage. The term can be applied to humans and animals.
    Sense id: simple-courtship-en-noun-lZf2N-BH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ship
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