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provocating

provocating is the present participle and gerund of provocate.

Meaning of provocate

Verb

provocate (third-person singular simple present provocates, present participle provocating, simple past and past participle provocated)

  1. (now nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) To provoke.
    • The movie called It is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse But the Society In Which He Lives was a provocating movie. It dramatized the situation and got hard reactions from the gays and the straights. But when you look at it now it is full of hate. And it was OK, in a way, to provocate, but it was...1981 December 12, Michael Bronski, Frank Ripploh, “The Meter Is Still Running”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 8
  2. To call forth.
  3. To challenge.

Questions about provocating

What is provocating the present participle and gerund of?
Provocating is the present participle and gerund of provocate.

Words near provocating in the dictionary

  1. provocates
  2. provocateur
  3. provocateurs
  4. provocateuse
  5. provocateuses
  6. provocating
  7. provocation
  8. provocationism
  9. provocationist
  10. provocationists
  11. provocations

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