Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sue
Participle: sued
Gerund: suing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sue |
| you | sue |
| he;she;it | sues |
| we | sue |
| you | sue |
| they | sue |
Perfect
| I | have sued |
| you | have sued |
| he;she;it | has sued |
| we | have sued |
| you | have sued |
| they | have sued |
Past
| I | sued |
| you | sued |
| he;she;it | sued |
| we | sued |
| you | sued |
| they | sued |
Pluperfect
| I | had sued |
| you | had sued |
| he;she;it | had sued |
| we | had sued |
| you | had sued |
| they | had sued |
Future
| I | will sue |
| you | will sue |
| he;she;it | will sue |
| we | will sue |
| you | will sue |
| they | will sue |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sued |
| you | will have sued |
| he;she;it | will have sued |
| we | will have sued |
| you | will have sued |
| they | will have sued |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sue |
| you | sue |
| he;she;it | sue |
| we | sue |
| you | sue |
| they | sue |
Perfect
| I | have sued |
| you | have sued |
| he;she;it | have sued |
| we | have sued |
| you | have sued |
| they | have sued |
Imperfect
| I | sued |
| you | sued |
| he;she;it | sued |
| we | sued |
| you | sued |
| they | sued |
Pluperfect
| I | had sued |
| you | had sued |
| he;she;it | had sued |
| we | had sued |
| you | had sued |
| they | had sued |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sue |
| you | would sue |
| he;she;it | would sue |
| we | would sue |
| you | would sue |
| they | would sue |
Perfect
| I | would have sued |
| you | would have sued |
| he;she;it | would have sued |
| we | would have sued |
| you | would have sued |
| they | would have sued |
Imperative
| you | sue |
| we | Let's sue |
| you | sue |
Verbs conjugated like 'sue'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sue'
cue,
due,
lue,
mue,
pue,
rue,
see,
sie,
skue,
sub,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English seuen, sewen, siwen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al. and Old French sivre (“to follow after”) (modern French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”), from Latin sequi. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Doublet of segue. Related to suit. See: Anglo-Norman '
suer', Old French '
sivre', French '
suivre', Italian '
seguire', Spanish '
seguir'.
Sample Sentences
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sue someone for selling a faulty product
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I plan to sue you for everything you have.
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He was sued by the late Geo. Walpole Leake for slander, and after two trials, occupying eight days, he was mulcted in heavy damages and costs. [1897, Warren Bert Kimberly, “W. Horgan”, in History of West Australia:]
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to sue a ship
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And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’ [1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum iv”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XIII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:]
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though oft looking backward, well she vewd, / Her selfe freed from that foster insolent, / And that it was a knight, which now her sewd, / Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]