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Meaning of "jactation" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JACTATION

From Latin jactātiō bragging, from jactāre to flourish, from jacere to throw.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JACTATION

jactation  [dʒækˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JACTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jactation is 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.

WHAT DOES JACTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jactation in the English dictionary

The definition of jactation in the dictionary is the act of boasting.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JACTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JACTATION

jacobus
jaconet
Jacopo della Quercia
Jacquard
Jacquard loom
Jacquard weave
Jacquerie
jactitation
jaculate
jaculation
jaculator
jaculatory
Jacuzzi
jade
jade green
jade-green
jaded
jadedly
jadedness
jadeite

WORDS THAT END LIKE JACTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of jactation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jactation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JACTATION

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

Translator English - Chinese

jactation
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jactation
570 millions of speakers

English

jactation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

jactation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

jactation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

jactation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jactation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দম্ভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jactation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jaksel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jactation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

jactation
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

jactation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jactation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh khoe khoang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தற்பெருமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जयघोष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jactation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

jactation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jactation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

jactation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jactation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jactation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opschepperij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jactation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jactation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jactation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JACTATION»

The term «jactation» is used very little and occupies the 188.868 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JACTATION» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JACTATION»

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Sleep Psychiatry
The term 'jactatio' is an abbreviation of the noun jactation derived from jactare, which literally means 'rhythmical swinging of the body and limbs to and fro'; 'to toss about'; 'to throw back and forth'. Since 1680, French and German literature has ...
Alexander Golbin, Howard Kravitz, Louis G. Keith, 2004
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Lexicon Orthopaedic Etymology
The word is derived from the verb jacio (p.p. jactusl: "1 tbrow, cast, fling, toss, hurl, " whence figuratively, "1 gesture, boast, make an ostentatious display ," from the root 1AC-: "go, send." e.g., jaclatio, after Latin jactatio (stem jactation-l: ...
Diab, 1999
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Medical Repository of Original Essays and Intelligence ...
The pulse was commonly full; sometimes hard and accelerated : some few had a small, oppressed pulse ; some laboured under great anxiety, restlessness, and jactation. The skin was sometimes dry, but oftener moist. Costiveness often ...
Samuel Latham Mitchell, Edward Miller, 1799
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Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
Some of the common verbs in -ise are: jactation 489 advertise advise apprise arise chastise circumcise comprise compromise demise despise disfranchise disguise enfranchise enterprise excise exercise improvise incise merchandise ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2011
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Medical Lexicon
JACTATION JUGLANS JACTATION or JACTITATION, Jac- ta'tio, Rhiptas'mos, Jaclita'tio, from jacla're, ' to toss about.' Extreme anxiety ; excessive restlessness; — a symptom observed in serious diseases. JALEYRAC, MINERAL WATERS OF .
Robley Dunglison, 1839
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An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
1800). jacquerie[hist.]. F.peasant revolt, esp.thatof 1357–8. From Jacques Bonhomme, nickname of F. peasant. Cf.Hodge. Lenin's agrarian decrees have provoked a new outbreak of jacquerie (Daily Chron. Dec.6, 1917). jactation. L. jactation ...
Ernest Weekley, 2013
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An Essay on the Medical Constitution of Great-Britain. - ...
menced on this rzth day about noon, with a diminution of the native heat in the extremities, anxiety, and jactation as before; and as the head was now in a great measure affected, and the native heat was still somewhat remiss in the lower ...
Charles Bisset, 1762
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The Medical Repository (And Review Of American Publications ...
It soon affected his mouth; his distress, anxiety, and jactation vanished, and he was free from fever the fifth day. Some few, at the first attack, were torpid and drowsy, sensible of little or no pain, with fluid, blackish blood oozing from their nostrils ...
Samuel Latham Mitchill, Edward Miller, Elihu Hubbard Smith, 1805
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW; OR, JOURNAL:
The urine thickens, and lessens in quantity ; the great anxxty in the præcordia, and consequent jactation, are often incessant, and sometimes the anxiety abates or remits after each fit of vomiting. In some sew cases, in the first stage, or soon ...
SEVERAL HANDS, 1767
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A to Z Glossary of Medical Terms for Homeopaths
Isolated Isomorphous Isopathy Isothermal Issue Isthmitis Isthmus Itch Itch-mite Itching Iris Ivory ISOLATED— JACTATION Cut off from sorroundings or associates. Like-shaped. The treatment of disease by means of a product of the same ...
P. S. Rawat, 1997

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JACTATION»

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Colorful faces in “People Around Me”
In “People Around Me,” visitors will have a chance to meet enigmatic colorful human faces with different nuances, mostly jactation and misery in ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Jul 15»

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