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Upcourt is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Upcourt in a sentence

Upcourt meaning

Toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored

Using Upcourt

  • The main meaning on this page is: Toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored
  • In the example corpus, upcourt often appears in combinations such as: upcourt to.

Context around Upcourt

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ball 1× pass 1× basketball 1×

Sentence patterns with Upcourt

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a pass upcourt to a 1× the ball upcourt 1× the basketball upcourt to fugate 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after okc point 1× nhs sophomore mackenzie 1× thomas sumter got 1×

Common sentence endings:

a streaking tatum 1× he was fouled 1× the ball upcourt 1×

Words around Upcourt

Just before it in the word index:

upcountry 33 upconversion 4 upcoming 6.527 upcoding 2 upci 2 upchurch 15

Just after it in the word index:

upcraft 2 upcs 3 upcurve 2 upcurved 2 upcycle 14 upcycled 36

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Upcourt

  • In this selection, "upcourt" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ball, pass and basketball stand out and add context to how "upcourt" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a pass upcourt to a and the ball upcourt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "upcourt" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with upcourt

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

NHS sophomore Mackenzie Albert dribbles the ball upcourt. (8 words)

Thomas Sumter got the basketball upcourt to Fugate who drove to the basket and hit a jumper as he was fouled. (21 words)

After OKC point guard Dennis Schroder turned the ball over, Terry Rozier corralled it and rifled a pass upcourt to a streaking Tatum. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

After OKC point guard Dennis Schroder turned the ball over, Terry Rozier corralled it and rifled a pass upcourt to a streaking Tatum. (23 words)

Thomas Sumter got the basketball upcourt to Fugate who drove to the basket and hit a jumper as he was fouled. (21 words)

NHS sophomore Mackenzie Albert dribbles the ball upcourt. (8 words)

Example sentences (3)

NHS sophomore Mackenzie Albert dribbles the ball upcourt.

After OKC point guard Dennis Schroder turned the ball over, Terry Rozier corralled it and rifled a pass upcourt to a streaking Tatum.

Thomas Sumter got the basketball upcourt to Fugate who drove to the basket and hit a jumper as he was fouled.

Common combinations with upcourt

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • upcourt to 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "upcourt" in a sentence?
An example: "NHS sophomore Mackenzie Albert dribbles the ball upcourt." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "upcourt" from authentic English texts.
What does "upcourt" mean?
Upcourt means: Toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored
How many example sentences with "upcourt" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "upcourt", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.