summons

Meaning

Noun

1. A call to do something, especially to come.
2. A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
3. A demand for surrender.

Verb

To serve someone with a summons.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of summon

summon

• Verb
• Noun
• Noun

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Synonyms

call

subpoena

invitation

writ

bidding

notice

convocation

warrant

citation

allocate

order

allot

assign

earmark

appoint

process

summon

challenge

request

cite

behest

demand

commandment

instruction

mandate

appeal

command

calling together

monition

notification

direction

dare

injunction

letter

ordinance

papers

petition

pick

⛏️

prescription

recall

service

serving

solicitation

sue

task

ultimatum

voucher

warrant of arrest

judicial writ

prohibition

Translations

Vorladung

convocation

dagvaarding

vorladen

citación

citation

intimar

assignieren

zitieren

zugedenken

citar

anweisen

überweisen

zuweisen

assignar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌ.mənz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: somouns

In summary

From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summoneō, summonēre (“to summon”).