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How to pronounce summon in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms marshal, mobilise, mobilize
Type of garner, pull together, collect, gather
Type Words
Synonyms cite, summons
Type of call, send for
Has types vouch, demand
Type Words
Synonyms come up, muster, muster up, rally
Type of collect, garner, gather, pull together
Type Words
Synonyms call up
Type of create, make
Has types evoke, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, arouse, invoke, put forward, raise, stir


running into an old friend summoned up memories of her childhood.
Type Words
Type of send for, call
Has types convoke, beckon, page, buzz, convene
Derivation summoning


summon a lawyer.

Examples of summon

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It's not a rebuke, just the maximum amount of grace a grieving woman can summon.
From the time.com
If anyone can summon up the right voice for an epic old desperado, it is Nelson.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Fortunately wee Florence didn't need to summon the weather to please this crowd.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Especially when they look like Johnny Depp and are able to summon Buster Keaton.
From the hecklerspray.com
He seizes a teakettle and bangs on the stove, hoping to summon his beloved wife.
From the washingtonpost.com
You can summon three virtual keyboards, depending on how you orient the handset.
From the usatoday.com
The scene is encouraging enough to summon After Dark back from early retirement.
From the ocregister.com
One never knew how long it would take to summon a plumber or to do the shopping.
From the toledoblade.com
He had to summon his star player to his office and tell him his mother was gone.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Call in an official matter, such as to attend court
  • Ask to come; "summon a lawyer"
  • Muster: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
  • Mobilize: make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"
  • (summoning) evocation: calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
  • (summons) bidding: a request to be present; "they came at his bidding"
  • Conjuration in traditional and most contemporary usage refers to a magical act of invoking spirits or using incantations or charms to cast magical spells. In the context of legerdemain, it may also refer to the performance of illusion or magic tricks for show. ...
  • Though each Final Fantasy story is independent, many aspects of gameplay have remained relatively consistent throughout the series.
  • The Summoned is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel.