COURTESY


Meaning of COURTESY in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great , unfailing , utmost

▪ common , simple ( esp. AmE )

It's common ~ to give up your seat for elderly people.

▪ professional

She contacts clients regularly as a professional ~.

VERB + COURTESY

▪ do sb , have , show , treat sb with

She might have done me the ~ of replying to my letter.

You could at least have had the ~ to let me know.

PREPOSITION

▪ with ~

He listened to all the complaints with great ~.

▪ ~ to

her unfailing ~ to everyone

PHRASES

▪ a matter of ~

It's a matter of ~ to write and thank people after a party.

II.

adj.

Courtesy is used with these nouns: ↑ call , ↑ title

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .