machination
/ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən/
machination noun: a clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
Noun
machination (countable and uncountable, plural machinations)
- A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
- Machinations, hollowneſſe, treacherie, and all ruinous diſorders follow vs diſquietly to our Graues.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- He witnessed her palpitating bosom, the lifeless hues and disconsolate expression of her interesting countenance; yet, from the machinations of his evil passions, he would have proceeded further, until, entirely overcome, he had seen her drop motionless in her chair, in order that he might have the...1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter IV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 37
- The act of machinating or plotting.
machination meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
machination in Urdu
- فطرت, مکر, سازش
machination in Bengali
- ষড়যন্ত্র
machination in Kannada
- ಕಾರಸ್ತಾನ
Examples of machination in a sentence
- Nonetheless, he gave additional insight into the machinations behind the highest of high concepts.
- Masiyiwa went on to become Zimbabwe's first US-dollar billionaire, despite the negative machinations of the Mugabe regime.
- It gifted the gab and master-minded the machinations that materialized them.
Forms of machination
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Origin of machination
From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”). By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation.
Words formed from machination
Words that rhyme with machination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about machination
- What does machination mean?
- Machination means a clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
- What is machination in Urdu?
- Machination in Urdu is فطرت, مکر, سازش. See Machination meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is machination?
- Machination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce machination?
- Machination is pronounced /ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of machination?
- The plural of machination is machinations.
Words near machination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: machination (page history and authors); machination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); machination (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); machination (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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