evoke
UK/ɪˈvəʊk//ɪˈvoʊk/
evoke verb: to call out; to draw out or bring forth.
Verb
evoke (third-person singular simple present evokes, present participle evoking, simple past and past participle evoked)
- To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
- To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
- Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
- Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
- Synonyms:
- invoke, excite, inspire, put someone in mind of, call up
- To elicit a response.
- The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98
- Synonyms:
- instigate, provoke, abet, actuate, goose, fuel, light a fire under, send, sting, bring about
evoke meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
evoke in Hindi
- to cause the manifestation of
- आह्वान āhvān
evoke in Tamil
- நினைவுக்குக் கொண்டு வா, வெளிவரச் செய்
evoke in Urdu
- بلانا, پکارنا, طلب کرنا, یاد تازہ کرنا
evoke in Bengali
- জাগিয়ে তোলা, স্মৃতিচারণ করা
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- evoke in Malayalam
- ആവാഹിക്കുക, മന്ത്രം ചൊല്ലിയുണർത്തുക, വികാരം ഉണർത്തുക, ഓർമ്മയിൽ എത്തിക്കുക
- evoke in Kannada
- ಆವಾಹನೆ ಮಾಡು, ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸು, ಎದ್ದುಬರುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡು, ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸು
- evoke in Punjabi
- ਸੱਦਣਾ saddaṇā
- evoke in Arabic
- اِسْتَحْضَارَ istaḥḍāra, اِسْتَدَعَى istadaʕā
Examples of evoke in a sentence
- The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.
- The face of the dying man in the lingchi video monotonously evokes Maria Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer ’s 1928 “Passion of Joan of Arc.”2007 July 25, Roberta Smith, “Figures Moving as if in a Trance Across an Isolated, Lawless Island”, in The New York Times, archived from...
Synonyms of evoke
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Forms of evoke
| third-person singular present | evokes |
|---|---|
| present participle | evoking |
| past participle | evoked |
| past | evoked |
Origin of evoke
From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”). Akin to voice.
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Questions about evoke
- What does evoke mean?
- Evoke means to call out; to draw out or bring forth.
- What is evoke in Hindi?
- Evoke in Hindi is आह्वान (āhvān). See Evoke meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use evoke in a sentence?
- The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.
- What part of speech is evoke?
- Evoke is a verb.
- How do you pronounce evoke?
- Evoke is pronounced /ɪˈvəʊk/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of evoke?
- The past tense of evoke is evoked.
Words near evoke in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: evoke (page history and authors); evoke (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evoke (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Evoke (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evoke (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evoke (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੱਦਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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