summon

«summon» in Mova's school dictionary: To officially order someone to come: summoned to the head… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (summon, summons, summoned, summoning)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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 the corpora

• And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
• And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «summon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.