to summon

Examples

• All

• Let messengers be sent forth and summon my people from near and far.

  The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

• And this must be why the old man had summoned him so urgently.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I can summon them all!

  Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)

• Shall we summon the writer?

  The Exorcist (1973)

• And Nouridin begins to try and summon the people to a holy war.

• Then she was in the hall, calling upstairs to summon the girls and Randall.

  Fiction book (1990)

• A week earlier, he had been summoned to Southwatch for a meeting with Rimmer Dall.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Nick, you've been summoned.

  Thank You for Smoking (2005)

• A great thrumming sound boomed through the sea, summoning the warriors and the nobles of the Coral Kingdom.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The manager decided to summon all employees for an urgent meeting.

Synonyms

C

to call

vsto summon

• Formal

∞ 2.0

To ask people to say if they are present

is more urgent and often a direct order for a particular purpose

C

to call in

vsto summon

193 3.0

Ask someone to come in to help, often an expert or worker

is an official urgent order beyond simply asking for help

C

to cite

vsto summon

• Formal

33 6.4

To officially tell someone to appear before a court

is an urgent or general official order not limited to courts

C

to convoke

vsto summon

• Formal

1 8.1

To call people together for a formal meeting

is a general order to come for many purposes not only meetings

Antonyms

D

to dismiss

110 2.7

To tell people to leave a meeting or room

How Forceful

to command

307 2.7

to order

902 1.3

to summon

• Formal

200 5.3

to request

∞ 1.0

to ask

∞ 1.0

to call

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology