courtship
From Wiktionary
Pronunciation [change]
- Hyphenation: court‧ship
Noun [change]
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- (countable & uncountable) Courtship is the period leading up to mating or marriage. The term can be applied to humans, and to animals.
- After a long courtship they got married.
- Courtship display is a set of behaviours leading up to mating in birds.
