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machinations

machinations is the plural of machination.

Meaning of machination

Noun

machination (countable and uncountable, plural machinations)

  1. (in plural) 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...
  2. The act of machinating or plotting.

Questions about machinations

What is machinations the plural of?
Machinations is the plural of machination.

Words near machinations in the dictionary

  1. machinate
  2. machinated
  3. machinates
  4. machinating
  5. machination
  6. machinations
  7. machinator
  8. machinators
  9. machinatrices
  10. machinatrix
  11. Machinda

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