summon

Everyday

1. To officially order someone to come: summoned to the head teacher's office. tree →
2. To call for help: summon an ambulance. tree →
3. To gather up a feeling or strength inside you: summon up courage. tree →
4. (stories) To call up a spirit or creature by magic. tree →

In the lessons

In stories and fantasy, wizards summon dragons or spirits. In formal school and legal language, a pupil can be summoned to the office or a person summoned to court. In safety, «summon help» means call for help. Phrases: summon up courage, summon help, be summoned to.

Examples

• The head teacher summoned me to her office. tree →
• He summoned help by blowing his whistle. tree →
• She summoned up the courage to sing alone. tree →
• The wizard summoned a storm. tree →
• The king summoned his knights to the castle. tree →
• Press the button to summon the lift. tree →
• The learned Selim was summoned immediately. tree →

Note

Regular verb: summoned. «A summons» is a noun meaning an official order to come (especially to court); its plural is summonses. Do not confuse with salmon.

In Jewish tradition

In stories and fantasy, wizards summon dragons or spirits. In formal school and legal language, a pupil can be summoned to the office or a person summoned to court. In safety, «summon help» means call for help. Phrases: summon up courage, summon help, be summoned to.

Examples

• And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. (Prophets 1SA.23.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. (Prophets 1SA.15.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb: summoned. «A summons» is a noun meaning an official order to come (especially to court); its plural is summonses. Do not confuse with salmon.