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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sue for peace"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sue me"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sue one's livery"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sue out"
}
],
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"id": "follow"
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"name": "root"
},
{
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"2": "enm",
"3": "seuen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English seuen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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},
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{
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},
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},
{
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"2": "xno",
"3": "suer"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman suer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "siwer"
},
"expansion": "siwer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
"3": "sivre",
"t": "to follow after"
},
"expansion": "Old French sivre (“to follow after”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "suivre"
},
"expansion": "French suivre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*sequere",
"t": "to follow"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "sequi"
},
"expansion": "Latin sequi",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "seguire"
},
"expansion": "Italian seguire",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "seguir"
},
"expansion": "Spanish seguir",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "segue"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of segue",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "suit"
},
"expansion": "suit",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English seuen, sewen, siwen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al. and Old French sivre (“to follow after”) (modern French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”), from Latin sequi. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Doublet of segue. Related to suit.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sues",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "suing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sued",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"past"
]
}
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"word": "fig-sue"
}
],
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "sue someone for selling a faulty product",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I plan to sue you for everything you have.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1897, Warren Bert Kimberly, “W. Horgan”, in History of West Australia",
"text": "He was sued by the late Geo. Walpole Leake for slander, and after two trials, occupying eight days, he was mulcted in heavy damages and costs.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action."
],
"id": "en-sue-en-verb-MhhNEsjw",
"links": [
[
"legal",
"legal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "məhkəməyə vermək"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaveždam delo",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "завеждам дело"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ta.ra:cwai:",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "တရားစွဲ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "起訴"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐsù",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "起诉"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "žalovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lægge sag an"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "sagsøge"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "stævne"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "aanklagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "saksøkja"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lógsøkja"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "nostaa kanne"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "haastaa oikeuteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "poursuivre en justice"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "intenter un procès à"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čivili",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ჩივილი"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "učivla",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "უჩივლა"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "verklagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "klagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "minýo",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "μηνύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tavá",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "תבע"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "beperel"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "perel"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "perbe fog"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lögsækja"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "menuntut"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "agair"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "fare causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "citare in giudizio"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"alt": "うったえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uttaeru",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "訴える"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pdəng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ប្ដឹង"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phdiəng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ផ្ដៀង"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gosohada",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "고소하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "dé sëura"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "fǭng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ຟ້ອງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lītigō"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lītem inferō"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "saksøke"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "saksøkja"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pozywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pozwać"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "processar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "demandar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "da în judecată"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "пресле́довать в суде́бном поря́дке",
"roman": "preslédovatʹ v sudébnom porjádke",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavátʹ v sud",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подава́ть в суд"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predʺjavljátʹ isk",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предъявля́ть иск"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"alt": "с - with",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sudítʹsja",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "суди́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "tagair"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "demandar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "stämma"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lagföra"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "hablahin"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "maghabla"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "idemanda"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "magdemanda"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fɔ́ɔng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ฟ้อง"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fɔ́ɔng-rɔ́ɔng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ฟ้องร้อง"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khrims la bskyal",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ཁྲིམས་ལ་བསྐྱལ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "kotim"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "mahkemeye vermek"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "thưa kiện"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "kiện"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 3 2 0 1",
"code": "mww",
"lang": "White Hmong",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "foob"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead."
],
"id": "en-sue-en-verb-lLlSBlEA",
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"request",
"request"
],
[
"application",
"application"
],
[
"petition",
"petition"
],
[
"entreat",
"entreat"
],
[
"plead",
"plead"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Falconry",
"orig": "en:Falconry",
"parents": [
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To clean (the beak, etc.)."
],
"id": "en-sue-en-verb-tI4QV9Kz",
"links": [
[
"falconry",
"falconry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.)."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a hawk"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"falconry",
"hobbies",
"hunting",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to sue a ship",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To leave high and dry on shore."
],
"id": "en-sue-en-verb-N17ITg-h",
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To court."
],
"id": "en-sue-en-verb-UCn43XrA",
"links": [
[
"court",
"court"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To court."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To follow."
],
"id": "en-sue-en-verb-3W5cmoBD",
"links": [
[
"follow",
"follow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To follow."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/s(j)uː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪu̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uː"
},
{
"homophone": "Sioux"
},
{
"homophone": "sou"
},
{
"homophone": "Su"
},
{
"homophone": "Sue"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-sue.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-sue.ogg/En-us-sue.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-sue.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Sue"
],
"word": "sue"
}
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"English doublets",
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"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow)",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/uː",
"Rhymes:English/uː/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "sue for peace"
},
{
"word": "sue me"
},
{
"word": "sue one's livery"
},
{
"word": "sue out"
}
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-",
"id": "follow"
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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{
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"2": "enm",
"3": "seuen"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"name": "m"
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{
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},
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"name": "m"
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{
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"3": "suer"
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"expansion": "Anglo-Norman suer",
"name": "der"
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{
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},
"expansion": "siwer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "sivre",
"t": "to follow after"
},
"expansion": "Old French sivre (“to follow after”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "suivre"
},
"expansion": "French suivre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*sequere",
"t": "to follow"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "sequi"
},
"expansion": "Latin sequi",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "seguire"
},
"expansion": "Italian seguire",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "seguir"
},
"expansion": "Spanish seguir",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "segue"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of segue",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "suit"
},
"expansion": "suit",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English seuen, sewen, siwen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al. and Old French sivre (“to follow after”) (modern French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”), from Latin sequi. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Doublet of segue. Related to suit.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sues",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "suing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sued",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sued",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "fig-sue"
}
],
"senses": [
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "sue someone for selling a faulty product",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I plan to sue you for everything you have.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1897, Warren Bert Kimberly, “W. Horgan”, in History of West Australia",
"text": "He was sued by the late Geo. Walpole Leake for slander, and after two trials, occupying eight days, he was mulcted in heavy damages and costs.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action."
],
"links": [
[
"legal",
"legal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"request",
"request"
],
[
"application",
"application"
],
[
"petition",
"petition"
],
[
"entreat",
"entreat"
],
[
"plead",
"plead"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Falconry"
],
"glosses": [
"To clean (the beak, etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"falconry",
"falconry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.)."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a hawk"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"falconry",
"hobbies",
"hunting",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Nautical"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to sue a ship",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To leave high and dry on shore."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To court."
],
"links": [
[
"court",
"court"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To court."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To follow."
],
"links": [
[
"follow",
"follow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To follow."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/s(j)uː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪu̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uː"
},
{
"homophone": "Sioux"
},
{
"homophone": "sou"
},
{
"homophone": "Su"
},
{
"homophone": "Sue"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-sue.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-sue.ogg/En-us-sue.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-sue.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "məhkəməyə vermək"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaveždam delo",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "завеждам дело"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ta.ra:cwai:",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "တရားစွဲ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "起訴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐsù",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "起诉"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "žalovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lægge sag an"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "sagsøge"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "stævne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "aanklagen"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "saksøkja"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lógsøkja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "nostaa kanne"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "haastaa oikeuteen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "poursuivre en justice"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "intenter un procès à"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čivili",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ჩივილი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "učivla",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "უჩივლა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "verklagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "klagen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "minýo",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "μηνύω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tavá",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "תבע"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "beperel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "perel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "perbe fog"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lögsækja"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "menuntut"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "agair"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "fare causa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "citare in giudizio"
},
{
"alt": "うったえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uttaeru",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "訴える"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pdəng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ប្ដឹង"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phdiəng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ផ្ដៀង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gosohada",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "고소하다"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "dé sëura"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "fǭng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ຟ້ອງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lītigō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lītem inferō"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "saksøke"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "saksøkja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pozywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pozwać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "processar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "demandar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "da în judecată"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "пресле́довать в суде́бном поря́дке",
"roman": "preslédovatʹ v sudébnom porjádke",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavátʹ v sud",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подава́ть в суд"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predʺjavljátʹ isk",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предъявля́ть иск"
},
{
"alt": "с - with",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sudítʹsja",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "суди́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "tagair"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "demandar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "stämma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "lagföra"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "hablahin"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "maghabla"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "idemanda"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "magdemanda"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fɔ́ɔng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ฟ้อง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fɔ́ɔng-rɔ́ɔng",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ฟ้องร้อง"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khrims la bskyal",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "ཁྲིམས་ལ་བསྐྱལ"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "kotim"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "mahkemeye vermek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "thưa kiện"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "kiện"
},
{
"code": "mww",
"lang": "White Hmong",
"sense": "to file a legal action",
"word": "foob"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Sue"
],
"word": "sue"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
"msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "sue",
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}
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