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- [law-soot]
- /ˈlɔˌsut/
- /ˈlɔː.suːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [law-soot]
- /ˈlɔˌsut/
Definitions of lawsuit word
- noun lawsuit a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law. 1
- noun lawsuit A claim or dispute brought to a court of law for adjudication. 1
- countable noun lawsuit A lawsuit is a case in a court of law which concerns a dispute between two people or organizations. 0
- noun lawsuit a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action 0
- noun lawsuit a suit between private parties at law or in equity; case before a civil court 0
- noun lawsuit (law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution. 0
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Origin of lawsuit
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; law1 + suit
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Lawsuit
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lawsuit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lawsuit usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lawsuit
noun lawsuit
- litigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- bill — A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
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