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summon

/ˈsʌmən/ /ˈsʌmən/
verb Regular verbsummon summoned
  1. 1
    çağırmak, (mahkemeye) celbetmek

    To officially ask or order someone to come to a place.

    • The king summoned his advisors.
      Kral danışmanlarını çağırdı.
    • She was summoned to appear in court as a witness.
      Mahkemeye tanık olarak çağrıldı.
  2. 2
    toplantıya çağırmak, toplamak Formal

    To call people together for a meeting.

    • The committee was summoned to an emergency meeting.
      Komite acil bir toplantıya çağrıldı.
    • The chairman summoned a meeting of all the directors.
      Başkan tüm yöneticileri toplantıya çağırdı.
  3. 3
    (cesaretini/gücünü) toplamak

    To make a great effort to find a quality such as courage or strength in yourself.

    • She summoned all her courage and knocked on the door.
      Bütün cesaretini toplayıp kapıyı çaldı.
    • He summoned the strength to finish the race.
      Yarışı bitirecek gücü kendinde buldu.

Verb Forms Regular

Base summon
/ˈsʌmən/
Past summoned
/ˈsʌmənd/
Participle summoned
/ˈsʌmənd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edsummon → summoned

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /n/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. summoned /ˈsʌmənd/

Synonyms

callsend forconvene

Antonyms

dismiss

Collocations

summon a meetingsummon someone to courtsummon helpsummon couragesummon the policesummon witnesses

Related Words

meetingcourtauthorityofficialattendancecommand