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Meaning of "volitionary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VOLITIONARY

volitionary  [vəˈlɪʃənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOLITIONARY

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

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOLITIONARY


deflationary
dɪˈfleɪʃənərɪ
disinflationary
ˌdɪsɪnˈfleɪʃənərɪ
disquisitionary
ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃənərɪ
expeditionary
ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃənərɪ
geostationary
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsteɪʃənərɪ
inflationary
ɪnˈfleɪʃənərɪ
libationary
laɪˈbeɪʃənərɪ
missionary
ˈmɪʃənərɪ
nonstationary
ˌnɒnˈsteɪʃənərɪ
nutritionary
njuːˈtrɪʃənərɪ
petitionary
pəˈtɪʃənərɪ
probationary
prəˈbeɪʃənərɪ
reflationary
riːˈfleɪʃənərɪ
repetitionary
ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃənərɪ
stationary
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
stationery
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
suppositionary
ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃənərɪ
traditionary
trəˈdɪʃənərɪ
transitionary
trænˈzɪʃənərɪ
tuitionary
tjʊˈɪʃənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOLITIONARY

volitant
volitate
volitation
volitational
volitient
volition
volitional
volitionally
volitionless
volitive
volitorial
volk
Volkslied
Volksraad
volley
volleyball
volleyball player
volleyer

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOLITIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
cautionary
confectionary
coronary
counter-revolutionary
data dictionary
dictionary
discretionary
evolutionary
exclusionary
expansionary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
precautionary
pulmonary
reactionary
reversionary
revisionary
revolutionary
visionary

Synonyms and antonyms of volitionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «volitionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOLITIONARY

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

Translator English - Chinese

volitionary
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

volitionary
570 millions of speakers

English

volitionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

volitionary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

volitionary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

volitionary
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

volitionary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

volitionary
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

volitionary
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesukarelaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

volitionary
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

volitionary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

volitionary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Volitionary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

volitionary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

volitionary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वयंसेवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

volitionary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

volitionary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

volitionary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

volitionary
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

volitionary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

volitionary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

volitionary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

volitionary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

volitionary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of volitionary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLITIONARY»

The term «volitionary» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.391 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLITIONARY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLITIONARY»

Discover the use of volitionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to volitionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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the medium and daybreak
FROM WHENCE PROCEEDS ITS ORIGINAL PROPELLING, OR VOLITIONARY PRINCIPLE OF IMPULSE, WHICH ENABLES IT TO MANIFEST INTELLIGENCE. Through Mr. S. de Main, by his Guides. (Reported by Mr. C. G. Oyston, Hunwick, ...
‎1882
2
The Methodist Quarterly Review
195) of this " volitionary " reason he tells us that it " rises above the passions and acts by its own energy, and independently of all beyond itself; this is original volition." Now, putting these two statemen is together, the predicability of sin requires ...
‎1880
3
The Methodist Review
... still confesses, from the depths of his spiritual consciousness, his need of the merits of Christ's blood. It also clearly distinguishes the essence and reality of sin from the volitionary activities of its subject. No real Christian, whatever may be the  ...
‎1885
4
The Methodist Magazine
195) of this " volitionary " reason he tells us that it " rises above the passions and acts by its own energy, and independently of all beyond itself; this is original volition." Now, putting these two statemerits together, the predicability of sin requires ...
‎1880
5
Modern Medicine and Bacteriological Review
... state is one which cannot be easily induced except in persons who are morbidly weak mentally, — those whose volitionary powers are decidedly defective. Reviews. Care of Children. — Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. This EDITORIAL.
John Harvey Kellogg, 1895
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Methodist Review
195) of this“ volitionary” reason he tells us that it “ rises above the passions and acts by its own energy, and independently of all beyond itself; this is original volition.” Now, putting these two statements together, the predicability of sin requires ...
‎1880
7
The Logic of Introspection: Or, Method in Mental Science
Science, which is the purest form of knowing, is far from being the product of spontaneity ; it is the outcome of the criticism of spontaneity, has its very beginning in reflectivity, that is, in self-conscious, volitionary intellection. Science commences ...
John Brodhead Wentworth, 1886
8
Joyce Through Lacan and Zizek
Chapter. 1. Introduction: Exploring. Freedom. through. Language. Re-volitionary. Explorations. Jorge Luis Borges's parable “Of Exactitude in Science” tells of an empire in which “the craft of cartography had attained such perfection” that maps  ...
Shelly Brivic, 2008
9
Theological Essays
This is the " power to the contrary," which even sinful man has, although the more Owen, in the ahove extract plainly distinguishes between voluntary and volitionary action : between the immanent self-determination of the Voluntas, and the ...
William Greenough Thayer Shedd, 1877
10
Story as a Way of Knowing
He sees this as an example of "God's volitionary, space-evacuating contraction that urges man to use his 'chutzpah power,' which is effective even in relation to Heaven." He sees God's laughter over the rabbis' "defeating" him as "not only His  ...
Kevin Bradt, 1997

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOLITIONARY»

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We are about to learn much more about Michael Clarke as a man
But some volitions are more volitionary than others. Last summer in Australia, Clarke played an inspirational and uniting role in the mourning of Phillip Hughes. «The Australian, Jul 15»

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