sues
SaySOOZUS/suz/UK/suːz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of sue.
The author sues every publisher who reprints her work without permission.
When negotiations collapse, the union sues the employer in federal court.
Note
The ordinary -s form, used only with a singular third-person subject: she sues, the company sues. Every other present-tense subject takes bare sue. It usually carries the courtroom meaning, with the party being taken to court as its direct object. Followed by for, or with no object at all, it carries the older sense of petitioning or pleading: a side that sues for peace is asking, not litigating.
sues is a form of sue
sue, verb: To bring a civil legal action against a person or organization in court. Full entry
- Spelling
- sue → sues: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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