summons
🇺🇸
/ˈsʌmənz/
🇬🇧
/ˈsʌmənz/
noun
R
A legal paper telling someone they must go to court.
The legal summons demanded his immediate appearance in court regarding the unresolved traffic violation.
R
A message asking someone to come to a place.
In response to the urgent summons, she promptly left for her aunt's countryside house.
verb
R
To officially tell someone they must come to court.
The court summonsed the witness to provide testimony in the ongoing criminal case.
translation
A legal paper telling someone they must go to court.; A message asking someone to come to a place.
To officially tell someone they must come to court.
Word Forms
3rd Present
summonses
Past
summonsed
Perfect
summonsed
Progressive
summonsing
Plural
summonses