verb
Meaning 1
To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
litigate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To contest in law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To dispute; to fight over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: transferred sense
Examples
- you can't keep litigating this same point!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He was warned that the district attorney would process him
- She actioned the company for discrimination
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: action, sue, process
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: challenge
Narrower terms: expedite
verb
Meaning 5
engage in legal proceedings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: challenge
History
Etymology
First attested in 1606; borrowed from Latin lītigātus, perfect passive participle of lītigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līs (“a lawsuit”, oblique stem in līt-) + -igō (denominative verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: съдя се (sǎdja se) — to go to law
- Catalan: litigar — to go to law
- Danish: retsforfølge — to go to law
- Danish: procedere — to go to law
- Dutch: procederen — to go to law
- Dutch: voor de rechter dagen — to go to law
- Finnish: käräjöidä — to go to law
- Finnish: käydä oikeutta — to go to law
- German: prozessieren — to go to law
- Latin: lītigō — to go to law
- Māori: hāmene — to go to law
- Polish: procesować się — to go to law
- Polish: sądzić się — to go to law
- Portuguese: litigar — to go to law
- Russian: суди́ться (sudítʹsja) — to go to law
- Spanish: litigar — to go to law
- Vietnamese: kiện tụng — to go to law
- Vietnamese: kiện cáo — to go to law