ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsLlitigate
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litigate
Meaning: to pursue or contest a dispute in court
litigate in a sentence
How litigate is used in real sentences:
The neighbors chose to litigate the boundary dispute after negotiations failed.
The publisher refused the proposed settlement and prepared to litigate the copyright claim.
“Although the company threatened to litigate claims over lost output, its lawyers warned that testimony about the treatment tank could prove costly.”
— from the passage The Authority No Chart Showed
Synonyms for litigate
Other words for litigate — sue, contest and prosecute — carry the same meaning.
- sue
- contest
- prosecute
Antonyms of litigate
Words that mean the opposite of litigate:
- settle
- mediate
- reconcile
Where it comes from
From Latin litigare, meaning 'to dispute or quarrel.'
Memory hook
LITIGATE leads to LITIGATION: to litigate is to fight a case in court.