What does SUE mean?
Definitions for SUE
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Princeton's WordNet
Sue, Eugene Sueverb
French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
action, sue, litigate, processverb
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
"He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
Wiktionary
sueverb
To follow.
sueverb
To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
sueverb
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
sueverb
To court.
Suenoun
A diminutive of Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.
Etymology: From suer, siwer et al., sivre (> French suivre), from *, from sequi.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Sew
for sue.
Edmund Spenser.
To Sueverb
Etymology: suiver, French.
If any sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. Mat. v. 40.
Nor was our blessed Saviour only our propitiation to die for us, but he is still our advocate, continually interceding with his Father in the behalf of all true penitents, and suing out a pardon for them in the court of heaven. Edmund Calamy.
To Sueverb
To beg; to entreat; to petition.
Full little knowest thou that hast not try’d,
What hell it is in suing long to bide. Hubberd’s Tale.If me thou deign to serve and sue,
At thy command lo all these mountains be. Edmund Spenser.When maidens sue,
Men give like gods. William Shakespeare.We were not born to sue but command. William Shakespeare.
Ambassadors came unto him as far as the mouth of the Euphrates, suing unto him for peace. Richard Knolles.
For this, this only favour let me sue,
Refuse it not: but let my body have
The last retreat of human kind, a grave. John Dryden, Æneid.Despise not then, that in our hands bear we
These holy boughs, and sue with words of pray’r. Dryden.’Twill never be too late,
To sue for chains, and own a conqueror. Joseph Addison, Cato.The fair Egyptian
Courted with freedom now the beauteous slave,
Now falt’ring sued, and threatning now did rave. Richard Blackmore.By adverse destiny constrain’d to sue
For counsel and redress, he sues to you. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.
ChatGPT
sue
To sue is a legal term which refers to the act of initiating a lawsuit or civil action against another party in court. It involves seeking a legal remedy for an alleged wrong or damages incurred, often in the form of financial compensation. This process usually entails filing a formal complaint outlining the alleged misconduct, injury, or breach of contract.
Webster Dictionary
Sueverb
to follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo
Sueverb
to seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially
Sueverb
to proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process
Sueverb
to clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk
Sueverb
to leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship
Sueverb
to seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead
Sueverb
to prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages
Sueverb
to woo; to pay addresses as a lover
Sueverb
to be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship
Etymology: [OE. suen, sewen, siwen, OF. sivre (pres.ind. 3d sing. il siut, suit, he follows, nous sevons we follow), LL. sequere, for L. sequi, secutus; akin to Gr. , Skr. sac to accompany, and probably to E. see, v.t. See See, v. t., and cf. Consequence, Ensue, Execute, Obsequious, Pursue, Second, Sect in religion, Sequence, Suit.]
Wikidata
Sue
"Sue" is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is the largest, most extensive and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found. It has a length of 12.9 metres, stands 4.3 metres tall at the hips, and is estimated to have weighed more than 7 short tons when alive. It was discovered in the summer of 1990 by Sue Hendrickson, a paleontologist, and was named after her. After ownership disputes were settled, the fossil was auctioned in October 1997 for US$7.6 million, the highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur fossil, and is now a permanent feature at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sue
sū, v.t. to prosecute at law: to seek after, to try to win.—v.i. to make legal claim: to make application: to entreat: to demand (with for).—Sued, (naut.) to be left high and dry.—n. Sū′ing, the act of bringing a legal suit: wooing.—Sue out, to petition for and take out. [M. E. suen—O. Fr. sevre, suir (Fr. suivre)—L. sequi, secutus, to follow.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
sue
Pronounced sue. (See SEWED.)
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SUE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sue is ranked #18609 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Sue surname appeared 1,480 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Sue.
54.3% or 805 total occurrences were Asian.
26.2% or 389 total occurrences were White.
8.5% or 126 total occurrences were Black.
5.8% or 86 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SUE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1730
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SUE' in Verbs Frequency: #835
Anagrams for SUE »
SEU
use
uſes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SUE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SUE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of SUE in a Sentence
It's not that I wanted to sue. I was fired, i think it's important that I talk ... because my story is not unique to me.
So many people are coming forward with allegations, did she sue, like the couple from Colorado? Were not going to address every single story that people tell about getting sick at Bahia Principe hotels. Well address them in a legal arena when someone sues, like the Colorado couple did. The litigation process will try to find if there was negligence on the part of the hotel, and then a judge would have to make a decision.
So I used to teach contract law. And I thought I would make this easy. I wrote up a release and covenant not to sue. And all that Mayor Bloomberg has to do is download it. I'll text it, sign it. And then the women, or men, will be free to speak and tell their own stories.
Exile Distribution Howard Levine:
Many times you will hear that one of the participants is not signing when in fact they did. The only way to know is if in fact they do sue and don't drop the suit. If the tape eventually comes out, that means they both signed.
Chris Rock could sue Will Smith for damages and those damages could be physical as well as psychological, you’re talking about someone who was humiliated and embarrassed in a very public forum, and as a result of that, he certainly would have a viable civil action.
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- žalovatCzech
- verklagenGerman
- demandarSpanish
- nostaa kanneFinnish
- agairIrish
- tagairScottish Gaelic
- menuntutIndonesian
- fare causa, citare in giudizioItalian
- 訴えるJapanese
- 고소하다Korean
- aanklagenDutch
- saksøkeNorwegian
- pozwaćPolish
- demandar, processarPortuguese
- суди́ться, [[пресле́довать]] в [[судебный, [[предъявля́ть]] [[иск]], [[подава́ть]] в [[суд]]Russian
- stämmaSwedish
- దావాTelugu
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