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Definition: INVOKING |
INVOKINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Invoke |
Date "INVOKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: INVOKING |
| English words defined with "INVOKING": benediction, blessing ♦ conjuration, conjuring, conjury ♦ Fast day ♦ grimoire ♦ Imprecatory, Invocatory ♦ Lecanomancy ♦ take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "INVOKING": invoking application entity, invoking command, invoking macro, invoking program ♦ object-oriented programming ♦ purely functional language ♦ reversion to the invoking program ♦ Simple Object Access Protocol. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "INVOKING": invoke. (references) |
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Madame Swetchine | Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Samoa | There has been no court case invoking this law. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | In the past, invoking the 1952 law as legal justification, the Israeli Interior Ministry stripped residency rights from hundreds of East Jerusalem Palestinians. (references) | |
Poland | Journalists who refused to divulge sources prior to the new code's enactment also can avoid sanctions by invoking "journalistic privilege." There is no restriction on the establishment of private newspapers or distribution of journals, and there are numerous private newspapers and magazines representing a wide variety of viewpoints. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | The investors in one franchise outlet in 1998 encountered substantial difficulties with government authorities invoking little known (and not universally enforced) regulations prohibiting the use of foreign names in business establishments. (references) |
Croatia | With one exception, Article X provides for three options: 1) submitting the dispute to the courts or administrative tribunals; 2) invoking dispute-resolution procedures previously agreed upon by the company and the host country government; and 3) invoking paragraph 3(a) of the Treaty. (references) | |
Bahrain | From May 2001, the U.S.-Bahraini BIT provides for 3 dispute settlement options: 1) submitting the dispute to a local court, 2) invoking dispute-resolution procedures previously agreed upon by the national or company and the host country government, and 3) submitting dispute for binding arbitration to ICSID (International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes) or any arbitral institution agreed upon by both parties. (references) | |
Human Rights | Malaysia | The ISA, and the threat of invoking the ISA, also are used to intimidate and restrict political dissent. (references) |
Malaysia | The Attorney General may restrict the right to a fair trial in criminal cases by invoking the Essential (Security Cases) Regulations. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | I shall now proceed to take the oath prescribed by the Constitution, whilst humbly invoking the blessing of Divine Providence on this great people. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | There is a belief abroad that by invoking technicalities, subterfuge, and delay, the ends of justice may be thwarted by those who can pay the cost. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "INVOKING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 96.69% of the time. "INVOKING" is used about 151 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 96.69% | 146 | 26,107 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.99% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.66% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.66% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 151 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "INVOKING": invoking application entity ♦ invoking command ♦ invoking macro ♦ invoking program ♦ reversion to the invoking program. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
invoking spirits | 15 |
invoking | 8 |
spirit invoking | 5 |
goddess invoking | 4 |
demon invoking | 3 |
elements invoking | 3 |
god invoking | 3 |
angel invoking | 3 |
goddess invoking within | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "INVOKING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 祈求 (implore, Implored, imploring, invocation, invoke, Invoked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | retur til kaldende program (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program), påkalder (invoker, invoking application entity), påkaldende entitet (invoker, invoking application entity), kaldende program (calling program, invoking program), kaldende makro (calling macro, invoking macro), kaldekommando (calling command, invoking command), aktiveringskommando (calling command, invoking command), aktiverende program (calling program, invoking program), aktiverende makro (calling macro, invoking macro), aktiverende applikationsenhed (invoker, invoking application entity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | terugkeer naar het hoofdprogramma (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program), oproeper (invoker, invoking application entity), oproepende toepassingsentiteit (invoker, invoking application entity), oproepende opdracht (calling command, invoking command), oproepende macro (calling macro, invoking macro), oproepend programma (calling program, invoking program), oproepend commando (calling command, invoking command), besturingsteruggave (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program), aanroepende applicatie-entiteit (invoker, invoking application entity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paluu kutsuvaan ohjelmaan (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program), kutsuva ohjelma (caller, calling program, invoking program), kutsuva makro (calling macro, invoking macro), kutsuva komento (calling command, invoking command). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | invoquant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anflehend (imploring, supplicating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κύρια μακροεντολή (calling macro, invoking macro), κύρια εντολή (calling command, invoking command), κύριο πρόγραμμα (calling program, invoking program), επικαλούμενη οντότητα εφαρμογής (invoker, invoking application entity), επικαλούμενος (invoker, invoking application entity), επάνοδος στη ρίζα του προγράμματος (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ritorno al programma principale (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program), ritorno al programma chiamante (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program), richiedente (applicant, petitioner, suitor), programma chiamante (caller, calling program, invoking program), macroistruzione chiamante (calling macro, invoking macro), macro chiamante (calling macro, invoking macro), entit applicativa invocante (invoker, invoking application entity), comando chiamante (calling command, invoking command). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 비 (Broom, Rain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | invokingay invocador (invoker, invoking application entity), retorno ao programa principal (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program), programa invocador (calling program, invoking program), macro invocador (calling macro, invoking macro), entidade de aplicação invocadora (invoker, invoking application entity), comando invocador (calling command, invoking command). (various references) вводить введение. (various references) invocador (invoker, invoking application entity), programa invocante (calling program, invoking program), macro invocante (calling macro, invoking macro), entidad de aplicación invocadora (invoker, invoking application entity), devolución de control (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program), comando invocante (calling command, invoking command). (various references) anropande program (calling program, invoking program), anropande makro (calling macro, invoking macro), anropande kommando (calling command, invoking command), anropande applikationsentitet (invoker, invoking application entity), återhopp till huvudprogram (return control transfer, reversion to the calling program, reversion to the invoking program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "INVOKING": reinvoking. (additional references) | |
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"INVOKING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Inoki. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "INVOKING" (pronounced i'nvō"king) |
| 5 | -v ō" k i ng | evoking, provoking, revoking. |
| 4 | -ō" k i ng | antismoking, broking, choking, cloaking, coking, croaking, joking, nonsmoking, poking, smoking, soaking, stoking, stroking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | aching, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, chucking, clanking, clicking, clucking, cocking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, debunking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flanking, flicking, flocking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, freaking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, junking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, politicking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, rethinking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, snaking, sneaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, streaking, striking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tanking, tasking, thanking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking, yanking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-k-n-n-o-v" | |
-1 letter: oinking. | |
-2 letters: inking, viking, vining. | |
-3 letters: inion, kinin. | |
-4 letters: gink, ikon, king, kino, oink, vino. | |
-5 letters: gin, ink, inn, ion, kin, koi, nog, vig. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-k-n-n-o-v" | |
+2 letters: reinvoking. | |
+4 letters: overdrinking, overthinking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E 56 4F 4B 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ...- --- -.- .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 01010110 01001111 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N V O K I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E 0056 004F 004B 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4348564945434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language 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, китайский, китаец, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, финский, 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, французский, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego, греческий, грек, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, 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, кореец, корейский, 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, португальский, portugués, portugis |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, 러시아, русский, ruso, ryss |
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, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk |
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