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remand

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/
  • General-American: /ɹəˈmænd/
  • rhymes with -ɑːnd
  • rhymes with -ænd
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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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Meaning relationships

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