SUMMON | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of summon in English summonverb [ T ] uk /ˈsʌm.ən/ us /ˈsʌm.ən/ summon verb [T] (ORDER)
Add to word list Add to word list C2 to order someone to come to or be present at a particular place, or to officially arrange a meeting of people: General Rattigan summoned reinforcements to help resist the attack. On 20 July, the town council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances. We were summoned to the headmaster's office. to ask someone to come to you- callThe children called for him at night.
- call outPlease avoid calling out the doctor unless it is an emergency.
- send forSomeone has already sent for a doctor.
- summonI was summoned to the headmaster's office.
- summonsIf you are summonsed and do not attend court, you may be found guilty of contempt of court.
- hailShe walked to the corner and hailed a cab.
- Late last night, the French ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office to discuss the crisis.
- After her month's sick leave, she was summoned to see the company's welfare officer.
- He summoned his troops.
- We were summoned to the headmaster's office.
- She summoned us to admire her new greenhouse.
- ask
- ask someone in phrasal verb
- ask someone out phrasal verb
- ask someone over phrasal verb
- call
- call (something) out phrasal verb
- call someone in phrasal verb
- friend
- invite
- invite someone for something
- invite someone in phrasal verb
- invite someone over phrasal verb
- invite someone to do something
- invitee
- recall
- send
- send for someone phrasal verb
- shout on someone phrasal verb
- uncalled
- uninvited
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Planning, expecting and arrangingsummon verb [T] (PRODUCE STRENGTH)
C2 to increase your courage or strength, especially with an effort: It took me six months to summon (up) the courage to ask him out for a drink. Trying and making an effort- A game
- all out
- assault
- attempt
- attempted
- give (something) your all phrase
- give something your best shot idiom
- go after someone phrasal verb
- go all out idiom
- go down swinging/fighting idiom
- invest
- nose
- retry
- run after someone/something phrasal verb
- scrabble
- shoot for something phrasal verb
- shoot for the moon idiom
- spare
- stretch
- struggle
summon | American Dictionary
summonverb [ T ] us /ˈsʌm·ən/ Add to word list Add to word list to order someone come to a particular place, or to officially tell someone to be present: The president summoned an emergency meeting of his advisers. I have been summoned to appear in court. To summon is also to find, call, or gather together something for use: I couldn't summon any strength. He summoned up enough energy to prepare a revision of his novel. To summon is also to remember or imagine something: He recollects the streets of Paris when he was a student and summons up the faces of fellow students. (Definition of summon from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)summon | Business English
summonverb [ T ] uk /ˈsʌmən/ us Add to word list Add to word list MEETINGS to officially tell someone to be in a particular place, or be present for a particular purpose: be summoned to sth Intelligence officials were summoned to Capitol Hill today to talk about global security threats. LAW → summons verb (Definition of summon from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)Examples of summon
summon The magistrate summoned the scrivener and asked him who the woman had been with when she had asked him to write a plaint. From the Cambridge English Corpus He was incensed and summoned the villagers to appear before him. From the Cambridge English Corpus They were summoned to the court to give advice. From the Cambridge English Corpus He also summoned music therapists to engage in work with traumatised children living in cultures moving through massive periods of transformation. From the Cambridge English Corpus The two together create local conflicts, which are already summoning the invisible fist rather than the transparent regulatory hand. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the first interview all of the ' elders ' of the village (important male household heads of advanced age) were summoned. From the Cambridge English Corpus Litigants and witnesses are made to wait outside till they are summoned into the presence of the court. From the Cambridge English Corpus What he calls the 'demon of comparison ' needs, he warns, to be summoned with care and restraint (p. 12). From the Cambridge English Corpus Such an attitude would not have been possible with the approach of the classical bourgeois revolutions, since these summoned the proletariat into the plan. From the Cambridge English Corpus In either case, the intention seems to be that when summoned by voice or memory, he appears. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this sense, summoning by name is the stronger form and a pre-positioned address term is the weaker form. From the Cambridge English Corpus Experts were also summoned as witnesses, but not as expert witnesses. From the Cambridge English Corpus Commoners had surprising access to their sovereign ; travellers describe a string of bells which citizens could ring and be summoned to the king's presence in order to register their grievances. From the Cambridge English Corpus A phantasm has been summoned. From the Cambridge English Corpus When the local magistrate summoned and questioned the plaintiff and asked him the route to the provincial capital where the office was, the plaintiff said he did not know. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of summon These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of summon?Translations of summon
in Chinese (Traditional) 命令, 命令…到（某地）, 傳喚… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 命令, 命令…到（某地）, 传唤… See more in Spanish convocar, citar… See more in Portuguese convocar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian बोलावणे, बांधणे, जमवणे… See more ～を召喚する, 召集する… See more çağırmak, resmî olarak davet etmek, celp etmek… See more convoquer… See more convocar, citar… See more ontbieden… See more ஒருவரை ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட இடத்திற்கு வர அல்லது இருக்க உத்தரவிடுவது, அல்லது மக்கள் கூட்டத்தை அதிகாரப்பூர்வமாக ஏற்பாடு செய்வது, உங்கள் தைரியம் அல்லது வலிமையை அதிகரிக்க… See more बुलवाना, बुलाना, बुला भेजना… See more બોલાવવું, હાજર થવા માટે ફરમાન કરવું, હિંમત… See more indkalde, tilkalde… See more kalla [på], sammankalla… See more memanggil… See more (zusammen)rufen, vorladen… See more tilkalle, stevne, kalle sammen… See more بلانا, طلب کرنا, بلا بھیجنا… See more викликати, вимагати виконання… See more ఎవరినైనా ఒక నిర్దిష్ట ప్రదేశానికి రావాలని లేదా హాజరు కావాలని లేదా అధికారికంగా వ్యక్తుల సమావేశాన్ని ఏర్పాటు చేయాలని ఆదేశించు, మీ ధైర్యం లేదా బలాన్ని పెంచు, ముఖ్యంగా ప్రయత్నంతో… See more তলব করা, চেষ্টা করে সাহস বা শক্তি সঞ্চয় করতে পারা… See more povolat, zavolat, svolat… See more memanggil… See more ใช้หมายศาลเรียก… See more gọi đến, mời đến… See more wzywać, zwołać, wezwać… See more 설교… See more convocare, citare… See more Need a translator?Get a quick, free translation!
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