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Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.
Randy Alcorn

Meaning of "hook" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOOK

Old English hōc; related to Middle Dutch hōk, Old Norse haki.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOOK

hook  [hʊk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOOK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hook is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hook in English.

WHAT DOES HOOK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hook in the English dictionary

The first definition of hook in the dictionary is a piece of material, usually metal, curved or bent and used to suspend, catch, hold, or pull something. Other definition of hook is a trap or snare. Hook is also something that attracts or is intended to be an attraction.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOOK

PRESENT

Present
I hook
you hook
he/she/it hooks
we hook
you hook
they hook
Present continuous
I am hooking
you are hooking
he/she/it is hooking
we are hooking
you are hooking
they are hooking
Present perfect
I have hooked
you have hooked
he/she/it has hooked
we have hooked
you have hooked
they have hooked
Present perfect continuous
I have been hooking
you have been hooking
he/she/it has been hooking
we have been hooking
you have been hooking
they have been hooking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hooked
you hooked
he/she/it hooked
we hooked
you hooked
they hooked
Past continuous
I was hooking
you were hooking
he/she/it was hooking
we were hooking
you were hooking
they were hooking
Past perfect
I had hooked
you had hooked
he/she/it had hooked
we had hooked
you had hooked
they had hooked
Past perfect continuous
I had been hooking
you had been hooking
he/she/it had been hooking
we had been hooking
you had been hooking
they had been hooking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hook
you will hook
he/she/it will hook
we will hook
you will hook
they will hook
Future continuous
I will be hooking
you will be hooking
he/she/it will be hooking
we will be hooking
you will be hooking
they will be hooking
Future perfect
I will have hooked
you will have hooked
he/she/it will have hooked
we will have hooked
you will have hooked
they will have hooked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hooking
you will have been hooking
he/she/it will have been hooking
we will have been hooking
you will have been hooking
they will have been hooking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hook
you would hook
he/she/it would hook
we would hook
you would hook
they would hook
Conditional continuous
I would be hooking
you would be hooking
he/she/it would be hooking
we would be hooking
you would be hooking
they would be hooking
Conditional perfect
I would have hook
you would have hook
he/she/it would have hook
we would have hook
you would have hook
they would have hook
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hooking
you would have been hooking
he/she/it would have been hooking
we would have been hooking
you would have been hooking
they would have been hooking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hook
we let´s hook
you hook
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hook
Past participle
hooked
Present Participle
hooking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOOK

hook and eye
hook it
Hook of Holland
hook-nosed
hook-tip
hook-up
hook, line, and sinker
hooka
hookah
hookcheck
Hooke
Hooke´s law
hooked
hookedness
hooker
hookless
hooklet
hooklike
hooknose

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOOK

an open book
book
brook
cook
e-book
Facebook
guestbook
handbook
in my book
look
netbook
nook
notebook
on the hook
outlook
overlook
textbook
the book
the New Look
took

Synonyms and antonyms of hook in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOOK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hook» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hook
angle · blow · catch · clasp · crook · curl · curve · entrap · fasten · fastener · fix · hasp · hit · holder · land · link · lock · loop · peg · punch · secure · smack · thump · trap

Translation of «hook» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOOK

Find out the translation of hook to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hook from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hook» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

钩子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gancho
570 millions of speakers

English

hook
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كُلَّاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крюк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gancho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হুগলী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crochet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hooghly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

갈고리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gesang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

móc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹூக்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हुगली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hooghly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gancio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гачок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cârlig
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γάντζος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

krok
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

krok
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hook

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOK»

The term «hook» is very widely used and occupies the 2.161 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hook» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hook» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hook

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10 QUOTES WITH «HOOK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hook.
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Amanda Abbington
If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing is just fantastic, that's the thing that will hook me in, certainly.
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Randy Alcorn
Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.
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Sean Astin
The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook.
4
Linwood Barclay
Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a 'what if.'
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Linwood Barclay
Once I have a hook I think has potential - enough to spin out more than a hundred thousand words, then I start turning my attention to characters. Who are these people? Why did this thing happen to them? But the hook always comes first.
6
Gordon Bell
I tend to always carry a camera with me. I live next to a fire station, and I've got lots of photos of the hook and ladder coming out of the house. And I like food, so I tend to photograph wonderfully presented food all the time. To me those are very pleasant memories.
7
Emily Blunt
I attempted to fish in Scotland and I managed to hook a dog. It was a horrible moment but the dog turned out to be fine.
8
William Boyd
I let people off the hook too easily.
9
Paul Bryant
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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Kate Burton
'Beauty Queen' is the weirdest, strangest, and most perfect play to do before 'Hedda Gabler', because there are so many similar issues for Maureen and Hedda. I had played leading ladies before but couldn't really hook into them. After 'An American Daughter' and 'Beauty Queen', I had all the ballast.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOOK»

Discover the use of hook in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hook and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy ...
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook is a blueprint to social media marketing strategies that really work.
Gary Vaynerchuk, 2013
2
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
In the frank, no-holds-barred style that has seen his previous book The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club hailed as one of the best music books of 2009, Peter 'Hooky' Hook gives us the inside story of life with Joy Division.
Peter Hook, 2013
3
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates.
Peter T. Leeson, 2009
4
Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth
Describes the youthful adventures of J.M. Barrie's classic character, Captain Hook, from his days at Eton to his voyages on the high sea.
J. V. Hart, 2007
5
The Hero in History
Probes how heroes influence the course of history.
Sidney Hook, 2008
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Hook
Based on the spectacular Steven Spielberg movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, and Julia Roberts, master fantasist Brooks updates the classic Peter Pan tale. Based on a screenplay by Jim V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo.
Terry Brooks, 1991
7
Introducing Human Resource Management
This is an accessible and lively introduction to the frameworks of people management strategies, and the basic operational areas and practices of HRM.
Margaret Foot, Caroline Hook, 2008
8
Hook, Loop 'n' Lock: Create Fun and Easy Locker Hooked Projects
In this book, traditional locker hooking breaks out of its homespun country image, showing that it can be bold, modern, wild, whimsical ... whatever you want it to be!
Theresa Pulido, 2009
9
A Rug Hooker's Garden: 10 Experts Teach You How to Hook a ...
Study dozens of beautiful images to see the how the flowers come to life. This popular book, first published by Rug Hooking magazine in 2000, has been reprinted by popular demand.
Rug Hooking Magazine, 2005
10
Young Sidney Hook: Marxist and Pragmatist
In the first biography of philosopher Sidney Hook since his death in 1989, Christopher Phelps vividly describes the neglected early thought and political history of this important New York intellectual.
Christopher Phelps, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOOK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hook is used in the context of the following news items.
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Radio interview wasn't meant to hurt rape victim, Hook tells his …
George Hook has said that he never intended to hurt a rape survivor with questions about "implied consent" during a discussion about the ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
'Crass... insulting' - Teacher raped while sleeping hits out at George …
A FORMER teacher raped by her boyfriend while she slept has criticised broadcaster George Hook over comments he made about “implied ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Poppy Cooper's eye injured by railing hook at Calvin Klein store in …
A distraught mother is sending out a safety warning after her toddler's eye was badly injured on a hook on the end of a clothing rail. «Kent Online, Jul 15»
4
Five Best Songs From Xscape's 'Off the Hook' Album - The Boombox
Returning on July 18, 1995, with their sophomore album, Off the Hook, Xscape struck platinum again with what would prove to be one of the ... «The BoomBox, Jul 15»
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Caitlyn Jenner off the hook in Malibu crash? - ContraCostaTimes.com
In advance of Caitlyn Jenner making her first major public appearance Wednesday, when she'll be honored for courage at the annual ESPY ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
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Eskom executives off the hook - Companies | IOL Business
Eskom executives off the hook. July 15 2015 at 08:53pm. By ANA Reporter Comment on this story. IOL matona INDEPENDENT MEDIA Former Eskom chief ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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Taxpayers on the hook as garbage dumping declines | Vancouver …
Despite less garbage getting dumped in the region over the last five years, the costs claimed by the company contracted out to manage that ... «24 Hours Vancouver, Jul 15»
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International investors are on the hook for billions after Hanergy Thin …
Global funds including BlackRock, Vanguard and TIAA-CREFF are sitting on billions of dollars of potentially worthless stock, after Hong Kong ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
9
Off the hook: NAB drops probe against Sindh finance minister …
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Board Meeting (EBM) has decided to close probe against Sindh Finance Minister Murad Ali Shah and Secretary ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
10
Darreck Michael Enciso, Disney Resort Hotel Worker, Allegedly …
Darreck Michael Enciso, Disney Resort Hotel Worker, Allegedly Tried to Hook Up with Girl. By Matt Coker Tue., Jul. 14 2015 at 6:30 AM. Comments (). «OC Weekly, Jul 15»

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