summon
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adjective
ˈsəm-nər
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noun
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As for her team, Ellis has summoned 60 players since the Olympics, including 29 newcomers. — Steven Goff, chicagotribune.com, "U.S. women's soccer is one year from the World Cup. It seems closer for coach Jill Ellis.," 12 July 2018 Investigators on Capitol Hill had summoned current and former EPA aides for questioning as part of more than a dozen federal inquiries into Pruitt’s spending and management of the agency. — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, "Pruitt steps down as EPA head after ethics, management scandals," 6 July 2018 Riza Aziz, co-founder of Red Granite Pictures Inc. and stepson of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, has been summoned to a Tuesday hearing at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, according to state news agency Bernama. — Time, "Wolf of Wall Street," 4 July 2018 Political sources earlier said Mr. Abdullah had summoned former prime minister Mulki for an audience in the king's palace. — Suleiman Al-khalidi And Ellen Francis, The Christian Science Monitor, "Jordan's king appoints a new PM amid widespread unrest over tax hikes," 4 June 2018 Fisaha had been living in Israel for six years when he was unexpectedly summoned to Holot, a migrant detention center deep in the Negev Desert, in early 2014. — Brian Goldstone, The New Republic, "Essential reporting, interpretation, and opinion on politics and culture. Don't miss our latest.," 26 June 2018 They have been summoned, instead, this week, across platforms that are decidedly mainstream. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "How to Look Away," 20 June 2018 And then there was DiSarro’s step-brother, Roland Wheeler, who testified that DiSarro was beside himself after he’d been summoned to a meeting with Salemme just days before the killing. — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, "Prosecutors urge Salemme jury to reject notion that former mob boss was framed," 19 June 2018 Americans are messaging friends, streaming videos and summoning transportation and other services on their smartphones more than ever. — Sarah Krouse, WSJ, "Cellphone Bills Go Up for First Time in Nearly Two Years," 13 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'summon.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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summon
verb
English Language Learners Definition of summon
: to order (someone) to come to a place
: to order (someone) to appear in a court of law
: to ask for (someone or something) to come : to send or call for (someone or something)
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summon
transitive verbLegal Definition of summon
: to command by service of a summons to appear in court
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