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con·vo·ca·tion
 convocation
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- pronunciation:
- kan
v
keI
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of convoking or the state of being convoked.
- synonyms:
- assembling, convening, gathering
- similar words:
- collecting, mobilization, muster, summoning
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| definition 2: |
a meeting of people summoned together, often in a religious assembly.
- synonyms:
- assembly, congregation, gathering, meeting
- similar words:
- convention, council, flock, group, levy, muster
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| related words: |
assembly, chapter, congregation, congress, gather, gathering |
adjective + (n.)convocation
actual, annual, athletic, constant, final, following, limited, recent, special, supreme
verb + (n.)convocation
announce, attend, fill, include, name
noun + (n.)convocation
address,
attendance,
bishop,
ceremony,
commencement,
complex,
council,
event,
guest,
hall,
judge,
midst,
peace,
poet,
reporter,
second,
speaker,
speech,
spirit,
summer,
talk,
theme,
voice,
worship
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| derivations: |
convocational (adj.), convocationally (adv.) |
The word convocation
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
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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