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Definition: Machination |
MachinationNoun1. Covert and involved plotting to achieve your ends. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "machination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references) |
Etymology: Machination \Mach`i*na"tion\, noun. [Latin expression machinatio: compare to the French expression machination.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing. So plain the advantages of machination It constitutes a moral obligation, And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing. So prospers still the diplomatic art, And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart. R.S.K. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: MachinationSynonym: intrigue (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cunning | Art, artifice; device, machination; plot; (plan); maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile; trick, trickery; (deception); ruse, ruse de guerre; finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion; white lie; (untruth); juggle, tour de force; tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers; espieglerie; net, trap. |
Plan | Intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination; subplot, underplot, counterplot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Machination |
| English words defined with "machination": Malengine ♦ Undue influence. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "machination": Torture. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Machination" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (engineering, machination, setup). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Machination (1996) | |
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| "Machination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Machination" is used about 4 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% | 4 | 175,879 |
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 |
machination | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "machination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | makinacion (scheme), intrigë (cabal, intrigue, jiggery pokery, mine, plot), dredhi (art, artifice, cop out, dodge, duplicity, finesse, gimmick, guile, overreach, pass, ploy, subterfuge, trick, trickery, wangle, wile, wiliness). (various references) | |
Arabic | â€ÙƒÙŠØ¯, â€Ù…كيدة (artifice, intrigue, plot, scheme, trick), â€Ù…ؤامرة (collusion, confederacy, conspiracy, huddle, plot), â€Ø¯Ø³ÙŠØ³Ø© (intrigue, plot, setup). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Ð¼Ð°ÑˆÐ¸Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ñ (intrigue, manipulation), интрига (cabal, intrigue, knot, maneuver, manoeuvre, plot, scheme). (various references) | |
Czech | machinace (racket), pikle, intriky. (various references) | |
Farsi | تدبیر (Contraption, Contrivance, Counsel, Design, Experiment, Gimmick, Plan, Rede, Scheme), Ø·Ø±Ø (Cast, Diagram, Draft, Knack, Layout, Model, Module, Outline, Pattern, Plan, Plat, Plot, Project, Projection, Proposal, Schema, Scheme, Skeleton, Sketch), دسیسه (Conspiracy, Plot). (various references) | |
Finnish | salavehkeily (plotting). (various references) | |
French | machination. (various references) | |
German | Intrige (cabal, conspiracy, intrigue, plot, scheme). (various references) | |
Greek | σκευωÏία (cabal, concoction, fabrication, frame up, scheme, trumped up charges), μηχανοÏÏαφία (scheming). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מזמ×" (conspiracy, intrigue, plot, scheme), תעלול (antic, caper, caprice, hoax, mischief, practical joke, prank, quip, rag, trick, whim), תחבול×" (artifice, expedient, fetch, finesse, hatch, mean, ruse, scheme, shift, stratagem, subterfuge, thingumajig thingumabob, trick, wile), ערמ×" (craftiness, cunning, guile, oodle, prudence, shrewdness, wile, wisdom, wit), ×–×ž× (intrigue, perjury, plot, scheme). (various references) | |
Hungarian | intrika (intrigue, scheming), machináció (engineering, jiggery pokery), fondorlat (engineering, false pretences, fraud, pretence, pretense, smart practice, wilful misrepresentation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | akal-akalan (tricks), akal bulus. (various references) | |
Italian | macchinazione (intrigue, plot). (various references) | |
Manx | coyrle follit. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | achinationmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | maquinação (cabal, intrigue, underplot), urdir (scheme, weave), trama (cabal, conspiracy, filling, frame, intrigue, net, network, plot, raster, shoot, shute, trama, warp, web, weft, woof), conspiração (cabal, collusion, confederacy, conspiracy, framework, plot, scheme). (various references) | |
Romanian | maşinaţie (cabal, engineering, intrigue, manipulation, manoeuvre, scheme), intrigã (action, cabal, designing, intrigue, noise, plot, scheme, scheming). (various references) | |
Russian | Ð¼Ð°Ñ…Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ñ (chicane, manipulation), интрига (amour, chicanery, intrigue, maneuver, manoeuvre, scheme). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mahinacija, spletka (concoction, intrigue, plot), intriga (intrigue, schema, scheme). (various references) | |
Spanish | maquinación (scheme, setup). (various references) | |
Swedish | intrig (cabal, intrigue, plot, scheme). (various references) | |
Turkish | entrika (cabal, contrivance, frame up, intrigue, machinations, plot, ruse, scheme, wheeler-dealing), dolap (cabal, cabinet, cheating, closet, collusion, cuddy, cupboard, dodge, dope, doubling, flimflam, frame up, game, hutch, imposture, intrigue, jiggery pokery, machinations, maneuver, manoeuvre, ramp, repository, ruse, sell, trap, wardrobe, water wheel, wile). (various references) | |
Ukranian | інтрига (cabal, intrigue), Ð¼Ð°Ñ…Ñ–Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ñ–Ñ (artifice, manipulation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mÆ°u Ä‘á»" sá»± bà y mÆ°u láºp kế, sá»± mÆ°u toan, âm mÆ°u (scheme). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "machination": machinations. (additional references) | |
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"Machination" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Akhenaton, machinaton, machinator, machiniation, macination, massination, mchination, mechination, methanation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "machination" (pronounced ma'shunā"shun) |
| 6 | -u n ā" sh u n | abomination, alienation, antidiscrimination, assassination, combination, concatenation, contamination, coordination, coronation, culmination, decaffeination, decontamination, denomination, desalination, destination, determination, detonation, discrimination, disinclination, dissemination, divination, domination, elimination, emanation, examination, explanation, extermination, fascination, germination, hallucination, hydrogenation, illumination, imagination, impersonation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, indoctrination, insemination, insubordination, intonation, nomination, nondiscrimination, ordination, origination, pagination, pollination, predestination, procrastination, profanation, recrimination, reexamination, rejuvenation, renomination, rumination, subordination, termination, transillumination, vaccination. |
| 5 | -n ā" sh u n | carnation, condemnation, consternation, damnation, designation, donation, hibernation, impregnation, incarnation, indignation, nation, reincarnation, resignation, stagnation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, 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-a-c-h-i-i-m-n-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: animation, antimacho, antinomic, nicotiana. | |
-3 letters: actinian, amanitin, amnionic, amniotic, anatomic, chainman, himation, hominian, inaction, maintain, mannitic. | |
-4 letters: acanthi, actinia, actinon, animato, anionic, antiman, cantina, comitia, contain, himatia, mahonia, manihot, manioca, nicotin, thiamin, thionic, thionin. | |
-5 letters: action, aminic, amnion, anoint, anomic, atomic, atonic, caiman, camion, cannot, canthi, canton, cation, chitin, chiton, choana, incant, intima, maniac, manioc, manito, mantic, minion, miotic, nation, niacin, nomina, tahini, tannic, tinman. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-i-m-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: machinations. | |
+2 letters: mechanization. | |
+3 letters: antimonarchist, mechanizations, noncharismatic. | |
+4 letters: antimonarchical, antimonarchists. | |
+5 letters: nonmathematician. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 63 68 69 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -.-. .... .. -. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a c h i n a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0063 0068 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767697475806786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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