Synonyms of the word litigate


LITIGATEACTION - CHALLENGE - PROCESS - SUE

litigate

  • v. (intransitive, construed with on) to go to law.

action

  • n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
  • n. A way of motion or functioning.
  • n. A fast-paced activity.
  • n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
  • n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
  • n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
  • n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
  • n. (military) Combat.
  • n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
  • n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
  • n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
  • n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
  • n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
  • n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
  • interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
  • v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
  • v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

challenge

  • n. A confrontation; a dare.
  • n. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that…
  • n. (law) A procedure or action.
  • n. (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
  • v. To invite someone to take part in a competition.
  • v. To dare someone.
  • v. To dispute something.
  • v. (law) To make a formal objection to a juror.
  • v. (obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
  • v. (obsolete) To censure; to blame.
  • v. (military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
  • v. (US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as…
  • v. (Canada, US) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.

process

  • n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
  • n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
  • n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
  • n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
  • n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
  • n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
  • n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
  • n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
  • v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
  • v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
  • v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
  • v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.

sue

  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To follow.
  • v. (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
  • v. (transitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
  • v. (falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
  • v. (nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To court.

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