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INVOKED

Definition: INVOKED

INVOKED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Invoke

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "INVOKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Crosswords: INVOKED

English words defined with "INVOKED": appealDemonomagyGirruinvokeJudas, Jude, judicial proceedinglegal proceedingproceeding, proceedingsSaint Jude, snake dance, St JudeThaddaeus. (references)
Specialty definitions using "INVOKED": Application ExecutiveBoiesclass hierarchy, cokebottle, confirm primitive, context-sensitive menufacility accepted messageGoody Blake, gunzipHerculean Knot, Hertford, Hocus PocusIBM 3270, indication primitive, invoked macro, invoked procedure, invoked programKederli, KISS PrincipleLytteltonOnslowPacket InterNet Groper, performing application entity, preprocessorrc file, response primitive, return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program, right of complaint, right to challengesendmailTANSTAAFL. (references)
Etymologies containing "INVOKED": invoke. (references)

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Modern Usage: INVOKED

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The same someone who invoked the curse. (Urusei Yatsura 3: Rimenb mai rabu; writing credit: Tomoko Konparu; Rumiko Takahashi)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: INVOKED

DomainTitle

Books

  • License Invoked (reference)

  • Racism, Science and Pseudo-Science: Proceedings of the Symposium to Examine Pseudo-Scientific Theories Invoked to Justify Racism and Racial discrimin (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: INVOKED

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The little magician invoked. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: INVOKED

AuthorQuotation

Prat de Lamartine

God -- but a word invoked to explain the world.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: INVOKED

AuthorDateQuotation

United Nations

1948

This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: INVOKED

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In spite of the physical simplicity of a total-energy concept, other principles have been invoked to define equivalent exposures of different sound levels and durations. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

The national security provision never has been invoked. (references)

Chile

Before its revocation, individual government officials had occasionally invoked the provision. (references)

Sri Lanka

The ER, which lapsed in July, also restricted the right of assembly, but was not invoked during the year. (references)

Economic History

India

Following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, President Clinton invoked economic sanctions 102 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1994, known as the Glenn Amendment. (references)

Korea

Applications may be denied only on specific grounds, including national security, public order and morals, international security obligations, and health and environmental concerns, but it is rare for these grounds to be invoked. (references)

Panama

In April 1988, President Reagan invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, freezing Panamanian Government assets in U.S. banks and prohibiting payments by American agencies, firms, and individuals to the Noriega regime. (references)

Human Rights

United Arab Emirates

This right most often is invoked in civil cases, with civil defendants at times demanding same-day disposition of the cases filed against them. (references)

New Zealand

There is an impartial judiciary, with the right of appeal to the Privy Council in London, United Kingdom, although this option rarely is invoked. (references)

Pakistan

Qisas is not known to have been invoked; however, Diyat occasionally is applied, particularly in the NWFP, in place of judicial punishment of the wrongdoer. (references)

Political Economy

PORTUGAL

The government has rarely invoked this power, in part because most strikes are limited to one to three days. (references)

ARGENTINA

Several U.S. firms have invoked the treaty's provisions in on-going disputes with Argentine national or provincial authorities. (references)

NETHERLANDS

Legal procedures exist for compulsory licensing if the patent is determined to be inadequately used after a period of three years, but these procedures have rarely been invoked. (references)

Political Rights

Fiji

The Emergency Powers Act was amended by decree by the military-backed, civilian interim administration, which also invoked the amended act. (references)

Fiji

In July 1998, Parliament passed an Emergency Powers Act that could be invoked if Parliament determined that there was a threat to the life of the nation. (references)

Sierra Leone

In March and September, the Government invoked its constitutional authority to extend the life of parliament and the term of office of the President for 6 months, citing the continuing "state of war" in the country. (references)

Women

Mexico

In practice this provision is invoked rarely. (references)

Pakistan

However, Qisas and Diyat cannot be invoked where the victim is a direct lineal descendant of the perpetrator. (references)

Jordan

According to Article 340 of the Penal Code, a "crime of honor" defense may be invoked by a defendant accused of murder who "surprises his wife or any close female relative" in an act of adultery or fornication, in which case the perpetrator of the honor crime is judged not guilty of murder. (references)

Worker Rights

Latvia

The law bans the dismissal of employees who have invoked the right to strike. (references)

Norway

Compulsory arbitration was last invoked in 1995. There were no notable strikes during the year. (references)

Chile

During the year, labor leaders complained that companies invoked the law's needs-of-the-company clause to fire workers after a union had signed a new contract. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: INVOKED

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Robert Novak

Senator, in opposing the national commission, Vice President Cheney also invoked national security. Let's listen for a minute to what he had to say.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: INVOKED

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961There must be law, steadily invoked and respected by all nations, for without law, the world promises only such meager justice as the pity of the strong upon the weak.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: INVOKED

"INVOKED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 73.18% of the time. "INVOKED" is used about 399 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)73.18%29217,014
Lexical Verb (past tense)25.81%10332,137
Adjective (general or positive)1%4175,879
                    Total100.00%399N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: INVOKED

Expressions using "INVOKED": invoked macro invoked procedure invoked program. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "INVOKED": frequently-invoked.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: INVOKED

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

client disconnected from has invoked its object

15

invoked

3

disconnected has invoked object

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: INVOKED

Language Translations for "INVOKED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

祈求 (implore, Implored, imploring, invocation, invoke, Invoking). (various references)

   

Danish

  

intet hensyn skal kunne paaberaabes for at retfaerdiggoere,at der gribes til trussel om magtanvendelse eller brug af magt i strid med dette princip (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), indikationsprimitiv (indication, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), indikation (indication), tilkendegivelse (expression, indication, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), bestemmelserne i denne Traktat kna ikke paaberaabes over for gennemfoerelsen af aftaler (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements), aktiveret program (invoked program), aktiveret makro (invoked macro), aktiveret delprogram (invoked procedure). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

indication-primitieve (indication, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), opgeroepen programma (invoked program), opgeroepen procedure (invoked procedure), opgeroepen macro (invoked macro), men kan zich tegenover de boedel op het eigendomsvoorbehoud beroepen (reservation of title that may be invoked against the bankruptcy), geen enkele overweging mag worden aangevoerd om het overgaan tot dreiging met, of gebruik van, geweld in strijd met dit beginsel te rechtvaardigen (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), de handeling kan de boedel worden tegengeworpen (transaction that may be invoked against the general body of creditors), de bepalingen van dit Verdrag kunnen niet worden ingeroepen tegen de uitvoering van akkoorden (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements), aard van de schuldvordering waarop een beroep wordt gedaan (nature of the claim invoked), aan de gefailleerde tegengeworpen verweermiddel (defence invoked against the bankrupt). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kutsuttu proseduuri (invoked procedure), kutsuttu ohjelma (invoked program), kutsuttu makro (invoked macro). (various references)

   

French

  

invoqués, invoquées, invoquée, invoqué, invoquâmes. (various references)

   

German

  

aufgerufen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ένδειξη (clew, clue, denotation, index, indication, token), υποτελές πρόγραμμα (invoked program), υποτελής μακροεντολή (invoked macro), υποτελής διεργασία (invoked procedure), αρχέγονο ένδειξης (a primitive issued by a service-provider either 1)to invoke some procedure, indication, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), οι διατάξεις της παρούσης συνθήκης δεν δύνανται να αντιταχθούν στην εκτέλεση των συμφωνιών (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements). (various references)

   

Italian

  

riserva di propriet opponibile al fallimento (reservation of title that may be invoked against the bankruptcy), programma chiamato (invoked program), procedura invocata (invoked procedure), procedura chiamata (invoked procedure), primitiva di indicazione (a primitive issued by a service-provider either 1)to invoke some procedure, indication, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), nessuna considerazione potr essere invocata per servire da giustificazione al ricorso alla minaccia o all'uso della forza in violazione di questo principio (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), natura del credito invocato (nature of the claim invoked), macroistruzione chiamata (invoked macro), macro chiamata (invoked macro), le disposizioni del presente trattato non sono opponibili all'esecuzione degli accordi (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements), difesa opposta al fallito (defence invoked against the bankrupt), atto opponibile alla massa (transaction that may be invoked against the general body of creditors). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

비". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

invokeday

   

Portuguese

  

programa invocado (invoked program), procedimento invocado (invoked procedure), primitiva de indicação (a primitive issued by a service-provider either 1)to invoke some procedure, indication, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), macro invocada (invoked macro), as disposições do presente Tratado não podem ser invocadas para impedir a execução de acordos (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

indicación primitiva (a primitive issued by a service-provider either 1)to invoke some procedure, indication, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), indicación (direction, hint, index, indication, instruction, landscape, note, observation, order, remark, sign, suggestion, view, word), programa invocado (invoked program), procedimiento invocado (invoked procedure), no podrá invocarse ninguna consideración que pueda servir para justificar el recurso a la amenaza o al uso de la fuerza en contravención de este principio (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), macro invocada (invoked macro). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

indikeringsprimitiv (a primitive issued by a service-provider either 1)to invoke some procedure, indication, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), indikering (indication), anropat program (invoked program), anropat makro (invoked macro), anropad procedur (invoked procedure). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: INVOKED

Derivations

Words ending with "INVOKED": reinvoked. (additional references)


Misspellings

"INVOKED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: envoke, envoked, inoed, Inoke, Inoki, invokee, involed, invoved, ivoke, unavowed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "INVOKED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "INVOKED" (pronounced i'nvō"kt)
4-v ō" k tevoked, provoked, revoked, unprovoked.
3-ō" k tchoked, cloaked, joked, poked, smoked, soaked, stoked, stroked, yoked.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: INVOKED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-k-n-o-v"

-1 letter: invoke, nevoid, oinked.

-2 letters: devon, doven, eikon, enoki, envoi, inked, kendo, koine, ovine, video, vined.

-3 letters: deni, dike, dine, dink, dive, done, dove, ikon, keno, kind, kine, kino, nevi, nide, node, nodi, oink, oven, vein, vend, vide, vied, vine, vino, void.

-4 letters: den, dev, die, din, doe, don, end, eon, ink, ion, ken, kid.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-k-n-o-v"
 

+1 letter: overkind.

 

+2 letters: overdrink, reinvoked.

 

+3 letters: overdrinks.

 

+4 letters: overdecking.

 

+5 letters: overdrinking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: INVOKED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4E 56 4F 4B 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    -.    ...-    ---    -.-    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001110 01010110 01001111 01001011 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#86 &#79 &#75 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0056 004F 004B 0045 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43485649453938

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Non-English Dictionaries with "INVOKED"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinês, chino, kinesisk

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, dansk

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, holländsk

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, "랑스, francês, francés, fransk, franska

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán, tysk

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego, griego, grek

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, italiensk, italienska, italienare

Korean

사 , 의, 번역韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, koreansk

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués, portugis

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättning瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, 스웨덴, sueco, svensk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, engelsk
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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