sue
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- legal action derivation
- lawsuit derivation
- litigation derivation
- process derivation
- petitioner derivation
- actionable derivation
- litigate verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | legal action |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lawsuit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | litigation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | process |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | petitioner |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | actionable |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | litigate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | challenge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | expedite |