summon

  • 11summon — [v] call to a place arouse, ask, assemble, beckon, beep, bid, call, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call into action, call together, call upon, charge, cite, command, conjure, convene, convoke, direct, draft, draw on, enjoin, gather,… …

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  • 12summon */*/ — UK [ˈsʌmən] / US verb [transitive] Word forms summon : present tense I/you/we/they summon he/she/it summons present participle summoning past tense summoned past participle summoned 1) formal to officially order someone to come to a place,… …

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  • 13summon — sum|mon [ sʌmən ] verb transitive ** 1. ) FORMAL to officially order someone to come to a place, especially a court of law: summon someone to something: He was urgently summoned to Washington for consultations. summon someone to do something: She …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14summon — [[t]sʌ̱mən[/t]] summons, summoning, summoned 1) VERB If you summon someone, you order them to come to you. [FORMAL] [V n] Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over... [be V ed prep/adv] Suddenly we were summoned to the interview room... [be V ed to …

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  • 15Summon — SummonTM ist ein seit 2009 angebotener web scale discovery service der Firma Serials Solutions. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine einheitliche Suchoberfläche für die lokalen und elektronischen, webweiten Ressourcen einer Bibliothek. Der Index der… …

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  • 16summon — sum|mon [ˈsʌmən] v [T] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: somondre, from Latin summonere to remind secretly , from sub secretly + monere to warn ] 1.) to order someone to come to a place ▪ Robert summoned the waiter for the bill.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17summon — v. 1) (D; tr.) to summon before (to be summoned before a judge) 2) (D; tr.) to summon to (we were summoned to the director s office) 3) (H) to summon smb. to do smt. * * * [ sʌmən] (H) to summon smb. to do smt. (D; tr.) to summon before (to be… …

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  • 18summon — verb (T) formal 1 to officially order someone to come to a meeting, a court of law etc: summon sb to sth: We were all summoned to a meeting with the principal. | summon sb to do sth: They ll probably be summoning you to appear in court. 2 also… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19summon — /ˈsʌmən / (say sumuhn) verb (t) 1. to call as with authority to some duty, task, or performance; call upon (to do something). 2. to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call. 3. to call or notify to appear at a specified… …

  • 20summon — transitive verb (summoned; summoning) Etymology: Middle English somnen, somonen, from Anglo French somondre, from Vulgar Latin *summonere, alteration of Latin summonēre to remind secretly, from sub secretly + monēre to warn more at sub , mind… …

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