remand

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /rɪˈmænd/ UK /rɪˈmɑːnd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to send back into custody or to a lower court

The judge chose to remand the defendant in custody.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to send back into custody... returnrecommitsend backdetain commit

Opposites

release discharge

Word family

Derived forms remandment

Related forms mandate command demand

Simplified etymology

Remand entered English in the late Middle English period with the literal sense “command back.” It belongs to the same Latin-derived family as command, ultimately based on mandare, “to commit, command, or entrust.”

Etymology

From Late Latin remandare ('to send back word'), from re- ('back') + mandare ('to commit, command'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

remandare Latin mandare Latin manus Latin

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# remand

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈmænd/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈmɑːnd/

## Meanings
1. to send back into custody or to a lower court

## Examples
- The judge chose to remand the defendant in custody.

## Synonyms
- return
- recommit
- send back
- detain
- commit

## Antonyms
- release
- discharge

## Derived Forms
- remandment

## Related Forms
- mandate
- command
- demand

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: remandare
- Root: mandare
- Root: manus

## Etymology
From Late Latin remandare ('to send back word'), from re- ('back') + mandare ('to commit, command'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

## AI Etymology
Remand comes from Late Latin remandare ('to send back word'), from re- ('back') + mandare ('to commit, command'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give'). The historical chain includes Latin remandare, Latin mandare, and Latin manus. The quoted older senses, "to send back word", "back", "to commit, command", "hand", and "to give", supply the semantic anchors for remand. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word remand carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to send back into custody or to a lower court". English derivatives include remandment; related English forms include mandate, command, and demand. The result is a verb and noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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