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Definition: Vocation |
VocationNoun1. The particular occupation for which you are trained. 2. A body of people doing the same kind of work. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vocation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Vocation \Vo*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression vocatio bidding, invitation, from vocare to call, from vox, vocis, voice: compare to the French expression vocation. See Vocal.]. (references) |
Synonyms: VocationSynonyms: calling (n), career (n), occupational group (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Business | Vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty; industry, art; industrial arts; craft, mystery, handicraft; trade; (commerce). |
Drive a trade; carry on a trade, do a trade, transact a trade, carry on business, do business, transact business; Noun: keep a shop; ply one's task, ply one's trade; labor in one's vocation; pursue the even tenor of one's way; attend to business, attend to one's work. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vocation |
| English words defined with "vocation": Occupation bridge ♦ To mean business, tool ♦ vocational, vocational education, vocational training, vocationally. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vocation": ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE ♦ Bertolde ♦ Drummers ♦ Playing to the Gods ♦ Shells ♦ Trap. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vocation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (appeal, appeal to, call, calling, vocation). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | A vocation, I'd say. Thanks to you, black children will be able to read their daddy's name on French war memorials (Coup de torchon; writing credit: Jean Aurenche; Bertrand Tavernier) Some people call it a vocation. (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) The Reverend Lord Henry was not one of those new-fangled parsons who carry the principles of their vocation uncomfortably into private life (Kind Hearts and Coronets; writing credit: Roy Horniman; Robert Hamer) It's more than psychiatry, and you know that Tom. Some of their problems come down to faith, their vocation and meaning of their lives, and I can't cut it anymore (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty) | |
Lyrics | Don't turn away from your cool vocation. (Strut; performing artist: Sheena Easton) Get yourself a new vocation (Pacific Coast Party; performing artist: Smash Mouth) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Vocation (1936) La Vocation (1929) Her Vocation (1915) La Vocation d'Adrienne (1997) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Sky in the eve 2" by Stefanie Varga Commentary: "Various Sky scenes from a vocation in Burgenland,Austria." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Dickens | It is well for a man to respect his vocation whatever it is, and to think himself bound to uphold it, and claim for it the respect it deserves. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | If each one does their duty as an individual and if each one works in their own proper vocation, it will be right with the whole. |
Robert Schumann | The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Feudal Socialism Owing to their historical position, it became the vocation of the aristocracies of France and England to write pamphlets against modern bourgeois society. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | But you must be quite sure, Stephen, that you have a vocation because it would be terrible if you found afterwards that you had none |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Their vocation, too, is gone |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Cameroon | This definition includes "any group of natural persons or corporate bodies whose vocation is divine worship" or "any group of persons living in community in accordance with a religious doctrine." The denomination then submits a file to the Minister of Territorial Administration. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mali | Apprenticeship, often in a family member's or a parent's vocation, begins at an early age, especially for children unable to attend school. (references) |
Kuwait | For over 10 years, the ILO has criticized a 1979 legislative decree that requires prior authorization for public meetings and gatherings, and provides for a penalty of imprisonment including an obligation to work in a vocation of the prisoner's choosing within the prison system. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Vocation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vocation" is used about 259 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 259 | 18,370 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "vocation". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Kirjath | N/A | Biblical | Vocation |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "vocation": choose a vocation ♦ have a vocation for. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "vocation": vocation-ally-trained. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "vocation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zanat (art, calling, craft, little people, making, metier, mystery, profession, trade), profesion (calling, career, employment, lay, line, metier, occupation, practice, profession, trade, walks of life), prirje (affinity, aptitude, bent, current, disposition, drift, flair, fondness, gift, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, mission, penchant, proclivity, propensity, run, set, taste, tendency, trend). (various references) | |
Arabic | مهنة (avocation, business, calling, career, craftsmanship, function, job, metier, occupation, practice, profession, pursuit, trade, work), موهبة (aptitude, capability, endowment, facility, flair, genius, gift, instinct, knack, skill, talent), النداء الباطني للعمل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | влечение (affinity, call, calling, inclination, vein, weakness), наклонност (bent, habitude, inclination, liability, liking, set, strain), занаят (craft, handicraft, job, mystery, occupation, profession, skill, trade), призвание (avocation, call, calling, mission), поминък (occupation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 职业 (Occupation, vocational). (various references) | |
Czech | urèení (destination), schopnost (ability, aptitude, capability, efficiency, faculty, hand, intellect, power, skill, talent), povolání (business, calling, career, job, occupation, recall), poslání (calling, commission, function, mission). (various references) | |
Dutch | beroep (appeal, handicraft, occupation, profession, trade). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیشه ای , پیشه (Craft, Function, Mystery, Occupation, Profession, Pursuit, Trade), هنرستانی , کسب (Avocation, Metier, Trade, Traffic), کار (Act, Activity, Affair, Appointment, Avocation, Deed, Duty, Fist, Function, Job, Office, Opus, Ploy, Proposition, Service, Shebang, Task, Thing, Work, Workmanship), حرفه ای (Pro), حرفه (Avocation, Career, Metier, Mystery, Profession, Pursuit, Trade), صدا (Call, Calling, Noise, Phone, Phoneme, Report, Sonance, Sound, Tingle, Tone, Toom, Vocal, Voice, Yell), احضار (Call, Repeal, Summon), شغل (Employ, Job, Metier, Occupation, Office, Position, Post, Profession, Situation, Trade, Work). (various references) | |
Finnish | kutsumus (calling), elämänkutsumus (calling). (various references) | |
French | vocation. (various references) | |
German | Berufung (appeal, appointment, assignment, calling, mission, reference). (various references) | |
Greek | επιτήδευμα (trade), επάγγελμα (avocation, calling, career, metier, occupation, profession, trade), θεία κλήση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | משלוח יד (business, calling, metier, occupation, work), מקצוע (avocation, branch, calling, metier, occupation, profession, subject, trade, walks of life), יעוד (appointment, assignment, calling, designation, destiny, lot, mission, promise), שליחות (errand, message, mission). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hivatás (avocation, calling, following, function, métier, metier, place, profession), elhivatottság (call, calling). (various references) | |
Indonesian | lapangan kerja. (various references) | |
Italian | vocazione (call, calling), professione (calling, job, occupation, profession), appello (appeal, appeal to, call, plea, rollcall). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 聖職 (holy orders, ministry, sacred profession), 職分 (one's duty), 天職 (calling, lifework), 天生 (calling, disposition, naturally occurring, nature). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょくぶん (one's duty, phase of an eclipse), せいしょく (blue, healthy complexion, holy orders, ministry, occultation, primary colors, reproduction, sacred profession, song and women, voice and countenance, weaving), てんしょく (calling, change of occupation, lifework, sky colour, weather), てんせい (adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting, born, calling, disposition, heavenly voice, innate disposition, malleability, natural constitution, naturally occurring, nature, reincarnation, transformation, transmigration of souls). (various references) | |
Korean | 직업 (occupational, Profession, vocational). (various references) | |
Manx | yllagh (acclaim, barrack, call, call upon, cry, exclamation, page, shout), gerrym (call of bird, crow of cock, crowing, mission, outcry, profession, shouting, whoop, whooping). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ocationvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vocação (calling), tendência (aptitude, bent, compliance, current, driving, leaning, liability, proclivity, propensity, stomach, tendency, tide, trend), pendor religioso, inclinação (addiction, appetite, bent, bias, camber, canting, climbdown, declination, declivity, descent, disposal, disposition, downhill, droop, falling, fellow feeling, fondness, inclination, lean, leaning, like, liking, list, lopsidedness, motion, partiality, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ramp, recession, sag, slant, stomach, tendency, tip, trend, will). (various references) | |
Romanian | vocaţie (calling, relish), profesiune (career, metier, occupation, profession, trade, walk of life), chemare (appeal, call, calling, challenge, convocation, cry, halloo, invitation, invocation, shout, slogan, summons), carierã (career, pit, quarry, walk of life), înclinaţie (addiction, aptness, disposition, grain, hade, inclination, incline, individuality, lean, leaning, mind, notion, partiality, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, relish, set, squint, taste, tendency, turn, twist, vein). (various references) | |
Russian | склонность (aptitude, bent, disposition, fancy, flair, inclination, inclination for, inclination to, leaning, liking, lurch, partiality, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, weakness, zest), профессия (avocation, calling, career, metier, occupation, profession, trade, walk of life, walks of life, working status), призвание (avocation, call, calling, mission). (various references) | |
Scottish | dreuchd (duties, employment, office). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zvanje (calling, metier, rank, title), zanimanje (avocation, business, calling, interest, profession), zanat (craft, metier, occupation, trade), struka (bailiwick, field, metier, profession, strand), profesija (occupation, profession), poziv (avocation, call, call up, invitation, notification, profession, summons). (various references) | |
Spanish | vocación (call, calling). (various references) | |
Swedish | yrke (branch, business, calling, compartment, craft, department, occupation, pigeonhole, profession, racket, section, speciality, trade), kall (bleak, calling, chilly, cold, cool, frigid, frosty, frozen, mission, name). (various references) | |
Turkish | yetenek (ability, accomplishment, accomplishments, aptitude, aptness, artistry, bent, caliber, calibre, capability, capacity, competence, competency, disposition, dower, dowry, efficiency, facility, faculty, fitness, flair, gift, hand, instinct, parts, power, prerogative, quality, skill, talent), uğraşı (occupation, profession, pursuit), meslek (avocation, calling, career, game, ism, job, metier, path, profession, professional, racket, shop, trade, walk of life), kabiliyet (accomplishments, aptitude, aptness, capability, capacity, dower, faculty, flair, gift, instinct, prerogative, quality, skill, talent), davet (bid, call, calling, challenge, convocation, entertainment, invitation, party, summons), çağrı (call, call up, calling, citation, convocation, garnishment, invitation, summons). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | професія (avocation, calling, career, metier, occupation, profession), покликання (avocation, calling, following). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thiên hướng nghề, nghề nghiệp (business, busyness, exercise, walk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vocatio, vocatione, vocationem, vocationis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ephesians Chapter 4, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Parakalw oun umaV egw o desmioV en kuriw axiwV peripathsai thV klhsewV hV eklhqhte |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Obsecro itaque vos ego vinctus in Domino ut digne ambuletis vocatione qua vocati estis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor Y boundun for the Lord biseche you, that ye walke worthili in the clepyng, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation by which ye are called, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ephesians Chapter 4, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Busa, ako nga binilanggo tungod sa Ginoo, mangamuyo kaninyo nga unta managgawi kamo sa kinabuhi nga takus gayud sa tawag nga alang niini gipanagtawag kamo, |
| Chinese | 我 為 主 被 囚 的 勸 你 們 、 既 然 蒙 召 、 行 事 為 人 就 當 與 蒙 召 的 恩 相 稱 ． |
| Croatian | Zaklinjem vas dakle ja, sužanj u Gospodinu: sa svom poniznošæu i blagošæu, sa strpljivošæu živite dostojno poziva kojim ste pozvani! |
| Danish | Jeg formaner eder derfor, jeg, der fangne i Herren, til at vandre værdig den Kaldelse, med hvilken I bleve kaldede, |
| Dutch | Zo bid ik u dan, ik, de gevangene in den Heere, dat gij wandelt waardiglijk der roeping, met welke gij geroepen zijt; |
| Finnish | Niin kehoitan siis minä, joka olen vankina Herrassa, teitä vaeltamaan, niinkuin saamanne kutsumuksen arvo vaatii, |
| French | Je vous exhorte donc, moi, le prisonnier dans le Seigneur, à marcher d`une manière digne de la vocation qui vous a été adressée, |
| German | So ermahne nun euch ich Gefangener in dem HERRN, daß ihr wandelt, wie sich's gebührt eurer Berufung, mit der ihr berufen seid, |
| Hungarian | Kérlek azért titeket én, ki fogoly vagyok az Úrban, hogy járjatok úgy, mint illik elhívatásotokhoz, melylyel elhívattatok. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Itu sebabnya saya--seorang tahanan, yang ditahan karena melayani Tuhan--minta dengan sangat kepadamu: hiduplah sesuai dengan kedudukanmu sebagai orang yang sudah dipanggil oleh Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka itulah sebabnya aku ini, Paulus, yang terbelenggu karena Tuhan, minta kamu melakukan dirimu berpadan dengan panggilan yang kamu sudah dipanggil itu, |
| Italian | Vi esorto dunque io, il prigioniero nel Signore, a comportarvi in maniera degna della vocazione che avete ricevuto, |
| Latvian | Un tâ es, Kunga gûsteknis, atgâdinu jums, lai jûs dzîvotu tâ aicinâjuma cienîgi, kurâ jûs esat aicinâti, |
| Maori | ¶ Koia ahau, ta te Ariki herehere, ka whakahau nei i a koutou kia rite ta koutou haere ki te karangatanga i karangatia ai koutou, |
| Norwegian | Jeg formaner eder altså, jeg, den fangne i Herren, at I vandrer så som verdig er for det kall som I er kalt med, |
| Portuguese | Rogo-vos, pois, eu, o prisioneiro no Senhor, que andeis como é digno da vocação com que fostes chamados, |
| Rumanian | Vq sfqtuiesc dar eu, cel kntemniyat pentru Domnul, sq vq purtayi kntr`un chip vrednic de chemarea, pe care ayi primit -o, |
| Shuar | ¶ Atumsha ni shuari ajastin Yus achikma asarum pénker wekasatarum Tájarme. Ii Uuntriniun étserkun sepunam pujakun seajrume. |
| Spanish | Por eso yo, prisionero en el Señor, os exhorto a que andéis como es digno del llamamiento con que fuisteis llamados: |
| Swahili | Basi, mimi niliye mfungwa kwa kuwa namtumikia Bwana, nawasihi muishi maisha yanayostahili wito mlioitiwa. |
| Swedish | Förmaning att bevara Andens enhet under all olikhet i Andens gåvor, och att icke vandra såsom hedningarna, utan såsom det höves dem som hava avlagt den gamla människan och iklätt sig den nya. |
| Uma | ¶ Ngkai toe-mi ompi' -ompi', ohe'i paresa' ngkai aku' to ratarungku' sabana pobago-ku hi Pue': kuparesai' -koi bona mo'ingku-koi hewa to masipato' hi ana' Alata'ala, apa' lawi' nakio' -mokoi jadi' ana' -na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vocation": vocational, vocationalism, vocationalisms, vocationalist, vocationalists, vocationally, vocations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "vocation": advocation, avocation, convocation, equivocation, evocation, invocation, provocation, revocation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vocation": advocations, avocational, avocationally, avocations, convocational, convocations, equivocations, evocations, invocational, invocations, nonvocational, prevocational, provocations, revocations. (additional references) | |
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"Vocation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ocation, occation, viation, vocalion, vocatio, volation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vocation" (pronounced vōkā"shun) |
| 7 | v ō k ā" sh u n | evocation. |
| 6 | -ō k ā" sh u n | dislocation, echolocation, location. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | falsification, abdication, acidification, adjudication, advocation, allocation, altercation, amplification, application, authentication, avocation, bifurcation, certification, clarification, classification, codification, communication, complication, confiscation, convocation, decertification, dedication, deification, demarcation, desiccation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, duplication, edification, education, electrification, embarkation, equivocation, eradication, excommunication, explication, fabrication, fortification, gasification, gentrification, glorification, gratification, identification, implication, indemnification, indication, intensification, intoxication, invocation, justification, lubrication, magnification, medication, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, misidentification, modification, multiplication, mummification, notification, nullification, obfuscation, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, publication, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, reallocation, recertification, reclassification, rectification, rededication, relocation, replication, reunification, revocation, sanctification, saponification, simplification, sophistication, specification, suffocation, syndication, telecommunication, unification, vacation, verification, vilification, vindication. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-o-o-t-v" | |
-1 letter: ovation. | |
-2 letters: action, atonic, cation, octavo, ovonic. | |
-3 letters: actin, antic, avion, canto, coati, conto, cotan, covin, octan, ontic, tonic, vatic, vinca. | |
-4 letters: anti, cain, cant, ciao, cion, coat, coin, coni, coon, coot, icon, into, iota, naoi, nota, nova, onto, otic, taco, tain, toon, vain, vina, vino, vita. | |
-5 letters: act, ain, ait, ani, ant, avo, can. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-o-o-t-v" | |
+1 letter: avocation, evocation, vagotonic, vasotocin, vocations. | |
+2 letters: advocation, avocations, evocations, invocation, invocatory, overaction, revocation, vasotocins, vocational. | |
+3 letters: advocations, avocational, connotative, convocation, covariation, invocations, overactions, overcaution, provocation, revocations, vacuolation. | |
+4 letters: coacervation, conservation, convectional, conventional, conversation, convocations, coordinative, covariations, equivocation, invocational, noncombative, overcautions, overreaction, provocations, vacuolations, vocalization, vocationally, vociferation. | |
+5 letters: anticorrosive, avocationally, coacervations, cocultivation, connotatively, conservations, conservatoire, contravention, controversial, conversations, convocational, equivocations, incorporative, nonvocational, overcautioned, overeducation, overreactions, prevocational, uncooperative, vocalizations, vocationalism, vocationalist, vociferations, volcanologist, vulcanologist. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Digital Art 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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