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- pronunciation:
- ih
vok
[or]
i
vok
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
evokes, evoking, evoked |
| definition 1: |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action.
The music in this slow passage evokes images of a drowsy summer's day.His teaching evoked his students' creativity.- synonyms:
- conjure up, draw, educe, elicit
- similar words:
- arouse, call, excite, inspire, provoke, stimulate, stir up, suggest, summon
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| definition 2: |
to cause to appear; summon; conjure.
He claimed to be able to evoke spirits of the dead.- synonyms:
- conjure, invoke, summon
- similar words:
- call, induce, invite, raise, rouse, stir
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| related words: |
derive, draw, occasion, pick, recall, recollect, revive |
adverb + (v.)evoke
deliberately, inevitably, repeatedly, simultaneously, strongly, vividly
(v.)evoke
+ noun
admiration,
anxiety,
architecture,
atmosphere,
aura,
awe,
beauty,
childhood,
comparison,
controversy,
criticism,
depth,
description,
desire,
discomfort,
drama,
emission,
emotion,
empathy,
era,
experience,
fantasy,
fear,
feel,
feeling,
flavor,
ghost,
grandeur,
guilt,
horror,
image,
imagery,
impression,
jealousy,
landscape,
laughter,
longing,
loyalty,
memory,
mood,
mystery,
myth,
nostalgia,
notion,
origin,
passion,
pity,
poem,
poet,
portrait,
potential,
presence,
reaction,
resentment,
response,
romance,
sadness,
sensation,
sense,
sentiment,
soul,
specter,
spirit,
sympathy,
tear,
tension,
terror,
texture,
theme,
vision,
warmth,
wonder
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| derivation: |
evoker (n.) |
The word evoke
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
voc, -voke
Latin
root
that means voice, to call
Example words:
advocate, avocation, convocation, convoke, equivocal, equivocate, evocation, evocative, evoke, invocation, invoke, irrevocable, provoke, revoke, unequivocal, vocable, vocabulary, vocal, vocalic, vocalist, vocation, vociferous
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