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Definitions: Evocation |
EvocationNoun1. Imaginative re-creation. 2. Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations. 3. Stimulation that calls up (evokes or induces or elicits) a particular class of behaviors. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "evocation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Synonyms: EvocationSynonyms: elicitation (n), induction (n), summoning (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Evocation |
| English words defined with "evocation": period piece, poetry. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Interior, rotunda, general view from east. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1976. (Reproduction Number: HABS IOWA,97-SIOCI,3-17) Completed in 1918 to designs by Purcell & Elmslie, the Woodbury County Courthouse is a rare example of a Prairie style design for a large public building. The Prairie style is known for its bold and simple geometric forms and distinctive ornamentation inspired by nature, and was made famous by Louis Sullivan and his student Frank Lloyd Wright, key figures in the Prairie school who developed systems of abstracting architectural decoration from sources in nature. The term Prairie style refers to the style's origins in the American Midwest, and its evocation of that region's fertile prairies and flat terrain. The interior rotunda shown here is the focal point of the courthouse. It incorporates simple rectangles and squares with a stained glass dome and uses terra cotta ornament reminiscent of the prairie.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This word, (r)crime , exceeded the limits of the endurance of Marius, already much excited by the abrupt evocation of Waterloo. |
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| "Evocation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Evocation" is used about 117 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% | 117 | 29,823 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
evocation | 12 |
evocation trouble | 3 |
art evocation magical spirits summoning | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "evocation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkaktim (infliction), përjetim, ndjellje (chuck, cluck, enticement, forbidding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إستغاثة (appeal, screechy), إستعادة الذكريات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | събуждане (wakening), извикване (hail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyvolání (initiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | evokation, induktion (entrainment, inductance, induction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | evocatio, evocatie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | évocation psychique, évocation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hervorrufen (arouse, burgeon, call for, call forth, call to come out, cause, cause to take place, create, evoke, give rise to, induce, stimulate, to cause, to evoke, to excite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλήση (arraignment, call, calling, dialing, dialling, evisceration, subpoena, summons), επίκληση (appeal, invocation, invoke), ανάμνηση (evisceration, memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "עלאת זכרו ות (recalling, reminiscing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elõidézés (initiation), felidézés (visualization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | evocazione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 誘起 (evoke), 喚起 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"き (cold, delight, disfavor, disinheritance, dry season, frost, great joy, rules which officials must follow, ventilation), ゆうき (boldness, bravery, courage, definite period or term, departed soul, evoke, ghost, nerve, organic, revenant, spirit, valour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dooishtey (evoke, reveille, revive, rouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | evocationay evocação psíquica, evocação (call up). (various references) evocare (conjuring). (various references) воскрешение в памяти. (various references) izazivanje (eduction, origination), buđenje (awakening, revival, rousing, wakening). (various references) evocación. (various references) frammanande (evocative), framkallande (induction, provocation), frambesvärjelse. (various references) ruh çağırma (conjuration), hatırlatma (recall, reminding, suggestion), akla getirme (association), çağrışım yapma. (various references) втілення (creation, embodiment, image, incarnation, objectification, objectivation, objectization, personalization, personification, proverb, substantiation), воскрешення (resurgence, resurrection), викликання. (various references) sự gọi lên. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "evocation": evocations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "evocation": revocation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "evocation": prevocational, revocations. (additional references) | |
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"Evocation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ecoaction, evacation, eviceration, evicition, evocateur, evocatiom, evocator, evulation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "evocation" (pronounced ē'vōkā"shun) |
| 7 | -v ō k ā" sh u n | vocation. |
| 6 | -ō k ā" sh u n | dislocation, echolocation, location. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | 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, falsification, 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 | abbreviation, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, 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, facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, 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 | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, 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, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, 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. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-o-o-t-v" | |
-1 letter: conative, invocate, vocation. | |
-2 letters: aconite, centavo, coontie, ovation, venatic. | |
-3 letters: acetin, action, active, aeonic, atonic, avocet, cation, centai, cootie, enatic, native, noetic, notice, novice, octane, octave, octavo, ovonic. | |
-4 letters: actin, antic, atone, avion, canoe, canto, cavie, cento, civet, coati, conte, conto, cotan, coven, covet, covin, enact, entia, envoi, evict, naevi, naive, novae, oaten, ocean. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-o-o-t-v" | |
+1 letter: evocations, overaction, revocation. | |
+2 letters: connotative, overactions, overcaution, revocations. | |
+3 letters: coacervation, conservation, convectional, conventional, conversation, coordinative, equivocation, noncombative, overcautions, overreaction, vociferation. | |
+4 letters: anticorrosive, coacervations, connotatively, conservations, conservatoire, contravention, controversial, conversations, equivocations, incorporative, overcautioned, overeducation, overreactions, prevocational, uncooperative, vociferations. | |
+5 letters: anticorrosives, coevolutionary, coinvestigator, conglomerative, conservational, conservatoires, conservatorial, conservatories, contrapositive, contraventions, conventionally, conversational, macroevolution, noncommutative, noncooperative, nonradioactive, nonretroactive, overcautioning, overdecorating, overdecoration, overeducations, overextraction, overmedication, unconventional. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 76 6F 63 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). ...- --- -.-. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110110 01101111 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E v o c a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0076 006F 0063 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398881696786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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