Summon

Definition

summon /'sʌmǝn/ v ၁။ (က) ~ sb (to sth) ( rather fml ) ဆင့္ သည္။ ေခၚသည္။ The shareholders were summoned to a general meeting. ❍ We had to summon the doctor (to look at her). (ခ) ( fml ) ဆင့္ေခၚသည္။ သမၼန္စာခ်သည္။ I was summoned to appear before the magistrates. ၂။ ( fml ) ဆင့္ေခၚသည္။ ဆင့္ဆိုသည္။ summon a conference ❍ The Queen has summoned Parliament. ၃။ ~ sth (up) လံႈ႕ေဆာ္သည္။ ေစ့ေဆာ္သည္။ I had to summon (up) all my courage to face him. ❍ I can't summon (up) much enthusiasm for the project. ❏ summon sth up [ PHRV ] ႏိႈးဆြသည္။ ေစ့ေဆာ္သည္။ a smell which summons up memories of my childhood.

Examples

1. [summon someone to something] : He was urgently summoned to Washington for consultations.
2. [summon someone to do something] : She has been summoned to appear in court for non-payment of taxes.
3. Maria summoned a waiter and ordered a drink.
4. Phone this number if you need to summon help.
5. A fire crew arrived
6. took one look
7. and summoned an ambulance.
8. He couldn’t summon the strength to carry on fighting.
9. She could barely summon a smile.
10. [summon a meeting/council/assembly] : The official receiver summoned a meeting of creditors.