"sue" meaning in English

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      "form": "sue",
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    {
      "form": "sues",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sued",
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    },
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      "form": "sued",
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    },
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      "form": "suing",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They successfully sued the company they had worked for, winning a combined award of $275,000."
        },
        {
          "text": "He once threatened to sue a reporter who wrote a negative story about him."
        },
        {
          "text": "The customers hired a lawyer and sued the store."
        },
        {
          "text": "Georgia's laws limit how much businesses must pay in damages if they're sued."
        },
        {
          "text": "He later sued the government, claiming he was illegally held at the airport."
        },
        {
          "text": "The cases involve US companies being sued in US courts for things they did in other countries."
        },
        {
          "text": "They are suing over the broken contract."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you sue someone, you take them to court to make them do something they don't want to do, often to make them pay you money."
      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
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    },
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      "sampa": "/su:/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-sue.ogg",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sue"
}

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    {
      "form": "sue",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sues",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sued",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sued",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "suing",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They successfully sued the company they had worked for, winning a combined award of $275,000."
        },
        {
          "text": "He once threatened to sue a reporter who wrote a negative story about him."
        },
        {
          "text": "The customers hired a lawyer and sued the store."
        },
        {
          "text": "Georgia's laws limit how much businesses must pay in damages if they're sued."
        },
        {
          "text": "He later sued the government, claiming he was illegally held at the airport."
        },
        {
          "text": "The cases involve US companies being sued in US courts for things they did in other countries."
        },
        {
          "text": "They are suing over the broken contract."
        }
      ],
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        "If you sue someone, you take them to court to make them do something they don't want to do, often to make them pay you money."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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    },
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      "sampa": "/su:/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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}