Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

appeals court

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: ap-peal-s -court
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An appellate court, to hear appeals against lower tribunals.

Example Sentences

"That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth."

Inflected Forms

appeals courts (plural) appeal court (alternative)

Synonyms

appellate court court of appeals

Questions

What does appeals court mean?: An appellate court, to hear appeals against lower tribunals.

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