Word Study
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
remand
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun remand has 1 sense
- remand(n = noun.act) Array - the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial); Array is a kind of return
Derived form verb remand2
Verb remand has 2 senses
- remand(v = verb.communication) remit, send back - refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision; Array is one way to challenge
- remand(v = verb.social) gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" is one way to confine, detain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derived form noun remand1
Sample sentence:
They want to remand the prisoners
CIDE DICTIONARY
remand, v. t. [F. remander to send word again, L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send word. See Mandate.].
To recommit; to send back. [1913 Webster]
"Remand it to its former place."
[1913 Webster]
"Then were they remanded to the cage again."
[1913 Webster]
remand, n.
The act of remanding; the order for recommitment. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
remand, v. & n.
--v.tr. return (a prisoner) to custody, esp. to allow further inquiries to be made.
--n. a recommittal to custody.
--v.tr. return (a prisoner) to custody, esp. to allow further inquiries to be made.
--n. a recommittal to custody.
Idiom
on remand in custody pending trial. remand centre (in the UK) an institution to which accused persons are remanded pending trial.
Etymology
ME f. LL remandare (as RE-, mandare commit)
THESAURUS
remand
assign, bring back, commend, commit, commit to prison, commitment, committal, confide, consign, consignment, delegate, enfeoff, entrust, extradite, extradition, give back, give in charge, give in trust, giving back, infeudate, institutionalize, mittimus, put back, recommit, recommitment, reddition, relegate, remandment, remit, remitter, rendition, repatriate, repatriation, restitution, restoration, restore, restoring, return, send back, send to jail, send up, sending back, take back, trustROGET THESAURUS
remand
Command
VB command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders, prescribe, set, appoint, mark out, set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task, set to work, put in requisition, bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct, require at the hands of, exact, impose, tax, task, demand, insist on, claim, lay claim to, revendicate, reclaim, cite, summon, call for, send for, subpoena, beckon, issue a command, make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command, remand, be ordered, receive an order.Lateness
VB be late, tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time, dawdle, linger, loiter, bide one's time, take one's time, gain time, hang fire, stand over, lie over, put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend, table, shift off, stave off, waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, dally, prolong, protract, spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out, prorogue, keep back, tide over, push to the last, drive to the last, let the matter stand over, reserve, temporize, consult one's pillow, sleep on it, lose an opportunity, be kept waiting, dance attendance, kick one's heels, cool one's heels, faire antichambre, wait impatiently, await, sit up, sit up at night.
For further exploring for "remand" in Webster Dictionary Online
