noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈmɑːnd/
General-American:/ɹəˈmænd/
rhymes with -ɑːnd
rhymes with -ænd
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CMU ARPABET:R IH0 M AE1 N D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To send a prisoner back to custody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To send back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: return
7
verb
Meaning 7
refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: remit, send back
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: challenge
8
verb
Meaning 8
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confine, detain
History
Etymology
From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
還押 /还押
(waan4 aat3)
— sending an accused person back into custody
Czech:
vrácení do vyšetřovací vazby
— sending an accused person back into custody
Finnish:
palauttaminen
— sending an accused person back into custody
French:
maintien (en détention préventive)
— sending an accused person back into custody
German:
Präventivhaft
— sending an accused person back into custody
Manx:
aachur
— sending an accused person back into custody
Manx:
cur er ash
— sending an accused person back into custody
Norwegian Bokmål:
varetekstfengsling
— sending an accused person back into custody
Norwegian Bokmål:
varetekstarrest
— sending an accused person back into custody
Dutch:
verwijzen
— sending a matter back to a lower court
Finnish:
palauttaminen
— sending a matter back to a lower court
French:
renvoi (devant une autre cour)
— sending a matter back to a lower court
German:
Zurückverweisung
— sending a matter back to a lower court
Hungarian:
előzetes letartóztatás
— sending a matter back to a lower court
Hungarian:
vizsgálati fogság
— sending a matter back to a lower court
Manx:
aachur
— sending a matter back to a lower court
Manx:
cur er ash
— sending a matter back to a lower court
Romanian:
arest preventiv
— sending a matter back to a lower court
Swedish:
återförvisning
— sending a matter back to a lower court
Chinese Cantonese:
還押 /还押
(waan4 aat3)
— send a prisoner back to custody
Finnish:
palauttaa
— send a prisoner back to custody
French:
maintenir
— send a prisoner back to custody
Spanish:
remandar
— send a prisoner back to custody
Finnish:
palauttaa
— send a case back to a lower court
French:
renvoyer
— send a case back to a lower court
German:
zurückverweisen
— send a case back to a lower court
Spanish:
remandar
— send a case back to a lower court
Swedish:
återförvisa
— send a case back to a lower court