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Meaning of "provocatory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROVOCATORY

provocatory  [prəˈvɒkətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROVOCATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Provocatory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROVOCATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of provocatory in the English dictionary

The definition of provocatory in the dictionary is tending to provoke.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROVOCATORY


applicatory
ˈæplɪkətərɪ
confiscatory
kənˈfɪskətərɪ
educatory
ˈɛdjʊkətərɪ
equivocatory
ɪˈkwɪvəkətərɪ
evocatory
ɪˈvɒkətərɪ
excommunicatory
ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkətərɪ
expiscatory
ɛksˈpɪskətərɪ
explicatory
ɪkˈsplɪkətərɪ
indicatory
ɪnˈdɪkətərɪ
invocatory
ɪnˈvɒkətərɪ
judicatory
ˈdʒuːdɪkətərɪ
laboratory
ləˈbɒrətərɪ
masticatory
ˈmæstɪkətərɪ
piscatory
ˈpɪskətərɪ
precatory
ˈprɛkətərɪ
qualificatory
ˈkwɒlɪfɪkətərɪ
reciprocatory
rɪˈsɪprəkətərɪ
revocatory
ˈrɛvəkətərɪ
self-deprecatory
ˌsɛlfˈdɛprɪkətərɪ
significatory
sɪɡˈnɪfəkətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROVOCATORY

provocable
provocant
provocateur
provocation
provocative
provocatively
provocativeness
provocator
provokable
provoke
provokement
provoker
provoking
provokingly
provolone
provost
provost court
provost guard
provost marshal
provostry

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROVOCATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
circulatory
conservatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
discriminatory
explanatory
exploratory
inflammatory
migratory
obligatory
observatory
oscillatory
participatory
predatory
preparatory
regulatory
research laboratory
respiratory

Synonyms and antonyms of provocatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «provocatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROVOCATORY

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

Translator English - Chinese

provocatory
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

provocadora
570 millions of speakers

English

provocatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

provocatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

provocatory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

провокационные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

provocatory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

provocatory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

provocatrice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Provokrasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

provokatorischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

provocatory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

provocatory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Provocatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

provocatory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

provocatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्तेजक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

provocatory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

provocatoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

provocatory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

провокаційні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

provocatory
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προκλητικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

provocatory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

provocatory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

provocatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of provocatory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROVOCATORY»

The term «provocatory» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.493 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROVOCATORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «provocatory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «provocatory» 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 provocatory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROVOCATORY»

Discover the use of provocatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to provocatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Russian Antisemitism Pamyat/De
East area in ancient times, and the destruction of contrary evidencelrzi Far more provocatory were articles in Izvestiia. On March 4, it carried two very long articles covering almost an entire page formally linking Soviet Jewish activists with the ...
Corey,, 2013
2
Russian Antisemitism, Pamyat, and the Demonology of Zionism
East area in ancient times, and the destruction of contrary evidence.21 Far more provocatory were articles in Izvestiia. On March 4, it carried two very long articles covering almost an entire page formally linking Soviet Jewish activists with the ...
William Korey, 1995
3
Communist International: Documents
All the provocatory machinations of the Kuomintang and its Government in Nanking, the raids on the Soviet representatives (Peking), the murders of members of the Soviet consulates (Canton) were frustrated by the firm and steadfast peaceful ...
Jane Degras, 2013
4
Human Rights Violation in Turkey: Rethinking Sociological ...
... 'ordinary people are brought by normal social structures intocommitting murderous ethnic cleansing' (2005: 9) and that'Murderous cleansing is rarelythe initialintent of perpetrators' (2005: 7). In looking atthe provocatory elements involved in ...
David Straw, 2013
5
SHADOW OF DEMOCRACY. Dispatches from Russia:1905 Revolution, ...
But even more diligent provocatory efforts were made on the spot. A fortnight ago red slips were circulated in Helsingfors bearing a warning to peaceful inhabitants to keep off the street on September 30, as it was intended on that day to ...
j.m. gallanar, 2012
6
Textbook of Gastroenterology
Provocatory imaging tests have been postulated as a noninvasive means of increasing specificity for the diagnosis of SOD. The theory behind this is as follows: following a lipid-laden meal or CCK injection, the gallbladder contracts, ...
Tadataka Yamada, 2011
7
Publications ...: Collected Reprints
Since it is not as yet determined whether such variations occur with the standardized technic, the frequency of the tests can only be decreased at the expense of the object sought; namely, the detection of the presence of a provocatory process.
Philadelphia (Pa.) Dermatological Research Institute, 1924
8
Cases and materials on feminist jurisprudence: taking women ...
Defendant's testimony chronicles a two-week period of provocatory conduct by his wife Rachel that could arouse a passion of jealousy, pain and sexual rage in an ordinary man of average disposition such as to cause him to act rashly from this ...
Mary Becker, Cynthia Grant Bowman, 2007
9
American Journal of Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Venereal Diseases
Since it is not as yet determined whether such variations occur with the standardized technic, the frequency of the tests can only be decreased at the expense of the object sought; namely, the detection of the presence of a provocatory process.
‎1924
10
Preventive Law: Materials on a Non Adversarial Legal Process
Defendant's testimony chronicles a two-week period of provocatory conduct by his wife Rachel that could arouse a passion of jealousy, pain and sexual rage in an ordinary man of average disposition such as to cause him to act rashly from this ...
Myron Moskovitz, Robert M. Hardaway, 1997

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROVOCATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term provocatory is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Our Legislature Performs So Poorly Because – Wait For It – We Don …
That's bound to infuriate the Canadians, and frankly, Belize might well slap Louisiana with economic sanctions in protest of Armes' provocatory remarks. «The Hayride, May 15»
2
Morocco: blockbuster medieval art show kicks off in Rabat
Medieval art mounted in the halls of the prestigious contemporary art museum could seem paradoxical or provocatory, but the gamble seems to be paying off, ... «ANSAmed, Mar 15»
3
The Breakthrough of Students Against Mass Incarceration
“A large aspect of this is through the provocatory aspect of those pieces — not because they are exaggerated, but because they bring focus to issues in the dark. «The UCSD Guardian Online, Dec 13»
4
A Bold Prediction about Programming Languages in 10 years
In response I will make one prediction that is rather bold, which I left off the list due to its somewhat provocatory nature: the dominant language 10 years from ... «Dr. Dobb's, Mar 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Provocatory [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/provocatory>. May 2024 ».
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