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# sue

«sue» in Mova's school dictionary: **to go to a court of law to ask for money or justice…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (sue, sues, sued, suing); name (Sue, short for Susan)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sue someone is to go to a court of law to ask for money or justice because they harmed you or broke an agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#m1)

2) Sue (with a capital S) is a girl's name, short for Susan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#m2)

3) To sue for someone's hand is to ask for their permission to marry them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly in news and adult life: «The family sued the company». In social studies lessons about laws and courts, suing is a way people settle disagreements fairly using judges. As a name, Sue appears in many stories and books.

### examples

- The man sued the shop because he slipped on a wet floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#x1)
- They threatened to sue if the money was not paid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#x2)
- A court decides who wins when someone sues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#x3)
- My aunt Sue is coming for tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#x4)
- The company was sued for selling unsafe toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#x5)
- You can't sue someone just because they were rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#x6)
- Well, they got ready for the journey and set off to sue for the hand of the Princess Anna the Fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: «sued», but «suing» (drop the e). It is a legal word, mostly used by adults. As a name it needs a capital letter: «Sue». Pronounced «soo».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.