Summons

//ˈsʌ.mənz//

Synonyms for "summons" (114 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(1 words)
bidding

Strong matches (34)

Noun(1 words)
citation
Verb(1 words)
cite

Related words (57)

Verb(1 words)
summon

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is a

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related to

13 entries

Translations

74 translations across 38 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • fletëthirrje noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κλῆσις noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • κλῆσις noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اِسْتِدْعَاء noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • اِسْتِدْعَاء noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ծանուցագիր noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • çağırış noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • çağırış noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • вы́заў noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • вы́клік noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • выкліка́нне noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • паве́стка noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সমন noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • повиква́телна noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • при́зив noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • призо́вка noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Catalan

2 entries
  • citació noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • compareixença noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • sumon noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 傳票 /传票 noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • 傳訊 /传讯 noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Czech

2 entries
  • předvolání noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • výzva noun (call to do something, especially to come)

Dutch

2 entries
  • dagvaarding noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • oproep noun (call to do something, especially to come)

Finnish

4 entries
  • haaste noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • kokouskutsu noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • kutsu noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • kutsu noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

French

4 entries
  • citation noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • citation à comparaître noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • convocation noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • convocation noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Galician

1 entries
  • chamamento noun (call to do something, especially to come)

German

2 entries
  • Aufforderung noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • Vorladung noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Greek

1 entries
  • κλήση noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सम्मन noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • beidézés noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • idézés noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • surat panggilan sidang noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • surat pemanggilan sidang noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Irish

3 entries
  • fógra noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • toghairm noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • toghairm noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Italian

3 entries
  • adunanza noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • citazione noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • convocazione noun (call to do something, especially to come)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 召喚 noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • 召喚状 noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • 呼び出し noun (call to do something, especially to come)

Korean

2 entries
  • 소환 noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • 소환장 noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Malay

1 entries
  • saman noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • دعوت noun (call to do something, especially to come)

Polish

2 entries
  • wezwanie noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • wezwanie noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • convocação noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • intimação noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Russian

2 entries
  • вы́зов noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • пове́стка noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Slovak

1 entries
  • predvolanie noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Spanish

2 entries
  • citación noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)
  • convocatoria noun (call to do something, especially to come)

Swahili

1 entries
  • barua ya wito noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kallelse noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • kallelse noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சம்மன் noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Thai

1 entries
  • หมายเรียก noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́клик noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • виклика́ння noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • за́клик noun (call to do something, especially to come)
  • пові́стка noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwŷs noun (notice summoning someone to appear in court)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The smell of cut grass summons up images of hot summer afternoons.

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You know what it is? Yes, jury duty, got a summons in the mail.

Source: tatoeba (2252244)

A summons has been issued.

Source: tatoeba (4493634)

A summons was issued.

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