Summon - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsʌmən|
Brit.
|ˈsʌmən|
verb
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court (syn: cite, summons)
- ask to come
- make ready for action or use (syn: marshal, mobilize)
- ask to come
summon a lawyer
- cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively (syn: call up)running into an old friend summoned up memories of her childhood
- gather or bring together (syn: come up, muster, muster up, rally)- make ready for action or use (syn: marshal, mobilize)
Extra examples
We were summoned to the director's office.
Get on the telephone, and summon all the directors up to my office.
Robert summoned the waiter for the bill.
The president summoned Taylor to Washington.
He was summoned to attend an emergency meeting.
Hugh was summoned to appear before the magistrate.
He had to summon the energy to finish the race.
He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.
They sounded a gong to summon us to dinner.
He claims to be able to summon up the spirits of the dead.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: summon
he/she/it: summons
present participle: summoning
past tense: summoned
past participle: summoned
I/you/we/they: summon
he/she/it: summons
present participle: summoning
past tense: summoned
past participle: summoned
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