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- pronunciation:
- k
 n
vok
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
convokes, convoking, convoked |
| definition: |
to summon to an assembly; convene.
The council was convoked in order to bring the question to an immediate vote.- antonyms:
- adjourn
- similar words:
- convene, marshal, muster, summon
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| related words: |
assemble, call, collect, gather, levy |
(v.)convoke
+ noun
african, assembly, campesino, conclave, congress, constituency, constituent, council, covenant, cross-section, election, forum, meeting, salvation, tribunal
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| derivations: |
convocant (n.), convoker (n.) |
The word convoke
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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