summons

summons is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as verb, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. verb. The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.
2. verb. A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.
3. verb. A demand to surrender.
4. transitive verb. To summon.
5. noun. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

   Synonyms: process

6. noun. an order to appear in person at a given place and time
7. noun. a request to be present

   "they came at his bidding"

   Synonyms: bidding

8. verb. call in an official matter, such as to attend court

   Synonyms: cite, summon

Synonyms

process, bidding, cite, summon

Common word forms

summon, summonsed, summonses, summonsing

Words from these letters

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