summon

Other forms of summon

past tense

summonned·

present participle

summonning·

third person

summons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about summon

What does summon mean?

summon means "call in an official matter, such as to attend court". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in summon?

summon has 2 syllables: sum-mon. The stress falls on "sum". In IPA it is /ˈsʌmən/.

What is another word for summon?

Close synonyms include summons, cite, call up, muster, rally. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is summon a common word?

summon is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.