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Meaning of "machination" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MACHINATION

machination  [ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MACHINATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Machination 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 MACHINATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of machination in the English dictionary

The definition of machination in the dictionary is an intrigue, plot, or scheme. Other definition of machination is the act of devising plots or schemes.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MACHINATION


combination
ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən
contamination
kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən
coordination
kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən
designation
ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
destination
ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən
determination
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
discrimination
dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən
domination
ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən
donation
dəʊˈneɪʃən
elimination
ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən
examination
ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən
explanation
ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən
illumination
ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən
imagination
ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən
nation
ˈneɪʃən
nomination
ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən
origination
ɒˌrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən
resignation
ˌrɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
termination
ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
vaccination
ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MACHINATION

machinability
machinable
machinate
machinator
machine
machine age
machine bolt
machine code
machine error
machine gun
machine gunned
machine gunner
machine gunning
machine head
machine intelligence
machine language
machine learning
machine moulding
machine operator
machine readable

WORDS THAT END LIKE MACHINATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation

Synonyms and antonyms of machination in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MACHINATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «machination» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of machination

Translation of «machination» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MACHINATION

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

Translator English - Chinese

阴谋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maquinación
570 millions of speakers

English

machination
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुचक्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكيدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

махинация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maquinação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কৌশলোদ্ভাবন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

machination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemesinan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Umtriebe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陰謀
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

machination
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Machination
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

âm mưu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुत्रे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

entrika
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macchinazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

machinacje
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

махінація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uneltire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μηχανορραφία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

intrige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

machina
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

machination
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of machination

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MACHINATION»

The term «machination» is normally little used and occupies the 115.207 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MACHINATION» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACHINATION»

Discover the use of machination in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to machination and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Machination of RAW in South Asia
On the operations of the Indian intelligence service in South Asia; a study.
Śāstra Ḍī Panta, 2005
2
MacHination
In 1992, the number was two million). This is a book for people of all ages. The NHTSA printed in the Federal Register, April 5, 1988, that "inadvertant steering lockup" continues to harm & kill.
Wilson Sherman, 1994
3
On the Way to Heidegger’s Contributions to Philosophy
Heidegger directs us to the unconcealing annihilating coercive force by disclosing the configuration of machination and annihilation: "But then machination adjoins beings as such to the space of a play that continually plays into machination as ...
Parvis Emad, 2007
4
Sense and Finitude: Encounters at the Limits of Language, ...
exuberance or overflow (Überfluß) of being that goes beyond machination's economy and its parameters in its appropriation of being. Here it is worthwhile noting that Überfluß takes the form of Überwindung: so that overcoming is thought ...
Alejandro A. Vallega, 2009
5
Contributions to Philosophy: From Enowning
To what extent lived-experience is an end (because it unconditionally verifies " machination"). 67. Machination and Lived-Experience Machination is the domination of making and what is made. But in this regard one is not to think of human ...
Martin Heidegger, 1999
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The Heidegger Dictionary
In the age of machination, everything is taken to be something that can be made, as long as there is the will to do it. (Machenschaft— like the term for power, Macht —is related to the word for making or doing, machen). As far as machination is ...
Daniel O. Dahlstrom, 2013
7
Philosophy and the Vision of Language
thinking and relating to things—what Heidegger calls, in Beitra ̈ge, '' machination'' (Machenschaft)—is possible only through the conjoint emergence and growth of something that seems at first completely opposed to technology, namely ...
Paul M. Livingston, 2008
8
Contributions to Philosophy (of the Event)
To what extent lived experience is an end (because it unconditionally confirms “ machination”). 67. Machination and lived experience Machination as the sovereignty of making and of the realm of what is made. Yet that is not to be thought of in ...
Martin Heidegger, 2012
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Calculating the Human: Universal Calculability in the Age of ...
When the modern 'season' of the dominion of machination begins with Descartes, the 'machinational' truth of beings resonates in the register of truth as the certainty of the representation. The step taken by Descartes is already a first and ...
Luigi Doria, 2013
10
Thinking with Heidegger: Displacements
How is machination described in Contributions to Philosophy? Machination is said to designate the Unwesen des Seyns, the non-essence of being. Now, Unwesen can and must be understood in two different ways here, granted that those two ...
Miguel de Beistegui, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MACHINATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term machination is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Are you our new editor? | Bent | The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon
Every day was a ticket to see the machination of a city. Since then, I have done my tour of duty through alt-weeklies, writing a series of cover ... «The Source Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Sierra Leone News: CEO OF Sierra Akker celebrates Ramadan with …
... against any evil machination and ploy aimed at undermining the success and development of the project. They offered special prayers for the ... «Awoko, Jul 15»
3
Putin's Strategy is Divide and Conquer | Foreign Policy Blogs
... the Donbass; a May poll showed that more than half of respondents saw Novorossiya as a political machination meant to break up Ukraine. «Foreign Policy Blogs, Jul 15»
4
Ditching Palestinians Modi way
“Indians will lose faith in elections and the country's hallowed democracy will be tarnished if ever the kind of manipulative machination that went ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
5
Liverpool-United clash: The AZ of Liverpool
... pathos, humour and achievement proudly. Were William Shakespeare alive today, he need look no further for machination and inspiration. «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
Defying the high court
Certainly, no matter the subterfuge or machination employed, it is anathema to the constitutionally ordained scheme of things for legislators, ... «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
7
Slaves to the machine: Cyber-Proletariat, by Nick Dyer-Witheford
This book's early chapters examine the age-old struggle between manpower and machination, the wage slave pitted against the machine. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
8
MQM to knock UN door against Rangers action
"Under a state-sponsored machination, we are being cornered systematically. Even yesterday, Rangers took away a number of MQM workers ... «SAMAA TV, Jul 15»
9
Spare Times for Children for July 17-23
Rubin Museum of Art Block Party. New York isn't a Zen kind of place. It seems more dedicated to machination than to meditation, more focused ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
10
Huge, futuristic 3D printed mech-tank
The $5,000, 20" tall kinetic sculpture is the first product from Sng's new Machination Studio, with many more promised in the imaginary world of ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»

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