Sue n : French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857) [syn: Eugene Sue] v : institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: action, litigate, process]

English

Etymology

From Middle English sue, meaning continue or persevere, from Old French sivre, "follow after", from Vulgar Latin sequere, follow, from Latin deponent verb sequi.

Pronunciation

• /suː/, /su:/
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

1. To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.

Related terms

• ensue
• suit

Translations

Anagrams

• use

Ewe

Pronunciation

• / suːɛ / or / suːeɪ /, / su:E / or / su:eI /

Adjective

sue

1. small

French

Verb

1. Form of First-person singular present subjunctive, suer
2. Form of Third-person singular present subjunctive, suer
3. Form of Second-person singular imperative, suer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin suae (same meaning)

Adjective

sue p

1. his, her, its

Sue may refer to:

As an acronym

• the IATA airport code for Door County Cherryland Airport in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
• the fictional book series "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
• Dassault Super Étendard (SuE), a French aircraft-carrier-borne strike fighter

As a name

• Sue is a French surname and a female given name, the shortened form of Susan, Susanna, or Suzanne, meaning lily
• Eugène Sue, a French novelist

In American law

• the action of filing a lawsuit before a court of law

In music

• Runaround Sue, a hit doo-wop song by Dion and the Belmonts
• the subject of the song A Boy Named Sue
• a nickname of Yoshiko Tanaka in her Candies period
• The record label Sue Records

Other uses

• Mary Sue, a pejorative term for a cliché and usually idealized fictional character
• name of the orange female ghost in the video game Ms. Pac-Man
• Soo, a glove puppet character in the British children's television series Sooty
• Sou, a gold coin issued by the Romans
• Sue (dinosaur), specimen FMNH PR2081, the largest Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever discovered
• Sue Lost in Manhattan, a film directed by Amos Kollek
• Sue River in Sudan
• Mel and Sue, a British comedy duo

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