Meaning of "summons" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUMMONS

From Old French somonse, from somondre to summon.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SUMMONS

summons  [ˈsʌmənz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUMMONS

Summons is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb summons in English.

WHAT DOES SUMMONS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Summons

Legally, a summons (also known in England and Wales as a claim form and in New South Wales as a Court Attendance Notice (CAN)) is a legal document issued by a court (a judicial summons) or by an administrative agency of government (an administrative summons) for various purposes.

Definition of summons in the English dictionary

The first definition of summons in the dictionary is a call, signal, or order to do something, esp to appear in person or attend at a specified place or time. Other definition of summons is an official order requiring a person to attend court, either to answer a charge or to give evidence. Summons is also a call or command given to the members of an assembly to convene a meeting.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUMMONS

PRESENT

Present

I summon

you summon

he/she/it summons

we summon

you summon

they summon

Present continuous

I am summoning

you are summoning

he/she/it is summoning

we are summoning

you are summoning

they are summoning

Present perfect

I have summoned

you have summoned

he/she/it has summoned

we have summoned

you have summoned

they have summoned

Present perfect continuous

I have been summoning

you have been summoning

he/she/it has been summoning

we have been summoning

you have been summoning

they have been summoning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I summoned

you summoned

he/she/it summoned

we summoned

you summoned

they summoned

Past continuous

I was summoning

you were summoning

he/she/it was summoning

we were summoning

you were summoning

they were summoning

Past perfect

I had summoned

you had summoned

he/she/it had summoned

we had summoned

you had summoned

they had summoned

Past perfect continuous

I had been summoning

you had been summoning

he/she/it had been summoning

we had been summoning

you had been summoning

they had been summoning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will summon

you will summon

he/she/it will summon

we will summon

you will summon

they will summon

Future continuous

I will be summoning

you will be summoning

he/she/it will be summoning

we will be summoning

you will be summoning

they will be summoning

Future perfect

I will have summoned

you will have summoned

he/she/it will have summoned

we will have summoned

you will have summoned

they will have summoned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been summoning

you will have been summoning

he/she/it will have been summoning

we will have been summoning

you will have been summoning

they will have been summoning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would summons

you would summons

he/she/it would summons

we would summons

you would summons

they would summons

Conditional continuous

I would be summoning

you would be summoning

he/she/it would be summoning

we would be summoning

you would be summoning

they would be summoning

Conditional perfect

I would have summons

you would have summons

he/she/it would have summons

we would have summons

you would have summons

they would have summons

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been summoning

you would have been summoning

he/she/it would have been summoning

we would have been summoning

you would have been summoning

they would have been summoning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you summon
we let´s summon
you summon

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to summon

Past participle

summoned

Present Participle

summoning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SUMMONS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «summons» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of summons

arraignment · assemble · bid · call · cite · command · convene · convoke · court order · dictum · directive · draw on · edict · gather · instruction · invitation · invite · invoke · mobilize · muster · order · rally · request · subpoena · summon · warrant · writ

TRANSLATION OF SUMMONS

Find out the translation of summons to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of summons from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «summons» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 召见令
• Translator English - Spanish: citación
• English: summons
• Translator English - Hindi: सम्मन
• Translator English - Arabic: استدعاء
• Translator English - Russian: вызов
• Translator English - Portuguese: intimação
• Translator English - Bengali: সমন
• Translator English - French: convocation
• Translator English - Malay: Saman
• Translator English - German: Vorladung
• Translator English - Japanese: 呼び出しの命令
• Translator English - Korean: 호출장
• Translator English - Javanese: Panggilan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: giấy triệu tập
• Translator English - Tamil: சம்மனையும்
• Translator English - Marathi: समन्स
• Translator English - Turkish: celp
• Translator English - Italian: citazione
• Translator English - Polish: wezwanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: виклик
• Translator English - Romanian: citație
• Translator English - Greek: κλήτευση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: dagvaarding
• Translator English - Swedish: kallelser
• Translator English - Norwegian: innkalling

9 QUOTES WITH «SUMMONS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word summons.

1

Frederick Buechner

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

2

William Feather

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

3

John Irving

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you - and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!

4

Ben Macintyre

'The Man Who Never Was,' by Ewen Montagu, remains the best book about wartime espionage written by an active participant - incomplete, and dry in parts, it nonetheless summons up the ingenuity and sheer eccentricity of those who played this strange and dangerous game.

5

Suze Orman

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.

6

Tariq Ramadan

Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our greatest challenge: the self, the ego, in our own eyes and as others see us.

7

Billy Sunday

Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.

8

Charles R. Swindoll

A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.

9

Nick Tosches

To me, music's something I can dance to or listen to. To write about it is always more of what the music represents, or what it reflects. Like an ideal song, to me, is a song that you can dance to, that summons up some darker and greater mystery.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUMMONS»

Discover the use of summons in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to summons and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Summons

But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from John Grisham's The Litigators.

John Grisham, 2010

Summons of Trumpet: U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective

Soldier/scholar Palmer traces the history of the American involvement in Vietnam and shows how events in both the U.S. and Vietnam became inextricably linked as domestic dissent and a lack of realistic, viable military strategy ultimately ...

Dave R. Palmer, 2009

The Summons of Love

Mari Ruti portrays love as a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon prompting us to access the depths of human existence, meditating on interpersonal ethics in a way that acknowledges the inherent opacity of human interiority & the difficulty of ...

Mari Ruti, 2013

The Summons: A Goblin King Prequel

He would protect her. But what would he ask in return...? Enjoy this short free prequel and a sneak peek of The Goblin King, the first of a highly imaginative new paranormal series by Shona Husk.

Shona Husk, 2011

At the Queen's Summons

Feisty orphan Pippa de Lacey lives by wit and skill as a London street performer.

Susan Wiggs, 2012

A Summons to New Orleans

Drawn from the author’s own experience, A Summons to New Orleans is a wonderfully written and beautifully crafted novel of three women and their fateful reunion that propels each one to search her past— and, together, their shocking ...

Barbara Hall, 2014

In Summons to the Past: A Historical Crime Novel Based on a ...

Through his perseverance, he is led to a surviving person of interest haunted by the murder, one obsessed with the book of Ecclesiastes now in the mid-winter of his years.

Christopher T. Yarbrough, 2011

The Summons

In this mystery, Detective Peter Diamond must find a killer to clear the name of John Mountjoy, a prisoner who has escaped and taken a hostage. Reprint.

Peter Lovesey, 2004

The Summons of the Lord of Hosts: Tablets of Baha'u'llah

The Summons of the Lord of Hosts brings together in one volume several major letters written by Baha'u'llah, Prophet and Founder of the Baha'i Faith.

Baháʼuʼlláh, 2006

How to Summons the 22 Letters of Hebrew

This book is a simple yet incredibly powerful way to summons The 22 Letters of Hebrew and to easily communicate with these spiritual energies while they are visibly in front of you.

Kuriakos, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUMMONS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term summons is used in the context of the following news items.

Ex-Goa CM fails to appear before Crime Branch after summons in …

“The summon was issued to Alemao late on Monday night while Kamat received it on Tuesday morning, through the speaker of Legislative Assembly,” ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

ED Seeks Non Bailable Warrant Against Lalit Modi After Summons …

ED had first issued summons to the controversial former cricket administrator through his India-based lawyer. However, his counsel returned the document to the ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»

Delhi court summons unfortunate, we are not tax dodgers: Kalanithi …

CHENNAI: Breaking his silence over a Delhi court's decision to summon him in a tax case, Sun Network promoter Kalanithi Maran issued a rare public statement ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

ED summons Lalit Modi for questioning in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday summoned former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi in a money laundering case registered against him. «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

EXCLUSIVE: NYPD accused of destroying evidence showing cops …

The class includes anyone who has been issued a criminal court summons beginning in May 2007 that was tossed by a judge because it was legally insufficient ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»

Coal scam: Court summons ex-coal secratary, firm director accused

A special court in Delhi on Monday summoned former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, Delhi-based firm Pushp Steels and Mining and its director Atul Jain for their ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»

Delhi HC refuses to stay DCW summons against Vishwas

The court, however, issued notices to DCW chairperson and the AAP woman volunteer on a plea moved by Vishwas seeking stay on the summons. «India Today, May 15»

Setback to Kumar Vishwas, HC refuses to stay DCW summons

New Delhi: In a setback to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas, the Delhi High Court, Friday, refused to stay a summon issued to him by Delhi ... «Zee News, May 15»

ED summons Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla over forex violations

Kolkata Knight Riders co-owners, actors Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta, have been served Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons ... «The Hindu, May 15»

'Illicit relationship' row: Kumar Vishwas moves Delhi High Court …

Vishwas, through lawyer and MLA Somnath Bharti, filed a petition regarding summons issued to him in the matter by the Delhi Commission for Women. «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»