provocation
Syllables: prov·o·ca·tionUK/ˌpɹɒvəˈkeɪʃən//ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/
provocation noun: the act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
Noun
provocation (countable and uncountable, plural provocations)
- The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
- Something that provokes; a provocative act.
- The Salzburg Festival stunned the musical world by hiring him to succeed the hallowed Herbert von Karajan, and Mr. Mortier spent the 1990s there scandalizing many of its tradition-minded, well-heeled opera patrons, the most notorious provocation being a production of Johann Strauss’s “Fledermaus”...2007 February 28, Daniel J. Wakin, “City Opera Lures Director From Paris”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
- The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
- When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.
provocation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
provocation in Hindi
- उकसावे, उकसावा
provocation in Tamil
- தூண்டுதல், வம்புக்கு இழுத்தல், சண்டை மூட்டுதல், சண்டைக்கு இழு
provocation in Marathi
- चिथावणी, चिथावणीखोर, चिथावणीखोरपणा
provocation in Urdu
- act of provoking
- اَشْتِعال išt'āl, اَشْتِعال اَنگیزی išt'āl gēzī
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- provocation in Bengali
- উস্কানি
- provocation in Telugu
- రెచ్చగొట్టడం, రెచ్చగొడటం
- provocation in Malayalam
- പ്രകോപനം prakōpanaṁ
- provocation in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆ, ಉದ್ರೇಕಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಕೆಣಕುವಿಕೆ, ಕೆಣಕಾಟ
- provocation in Punjabi
- ਭਡ਼ਕਾਹਟ
- provocation in Gujarati
- ઉશ્કેરણી
- provocation in Arabic
- إِثَارَة ʔiṯāra, اِسْتِفْزَاز istifzāz
- provocation in Malay
- provokasi
- provocation in Indonesian
- provokasi
- provocation in Persian
- پرووکاسیون provokâsion
Examples of provocation in a sentence
- Anger is a natural response in humans to perceived or actual threat or provocation.
- The politicians would cry wolf at the slightest provocation so when the real threat appeared no one believed them.
- She is known to be bitingly sarcastic without provocation.
Forms of provocation
| plural | provocations |
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Origin of provocation
From Middle English provocacioun, from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin prōvocātiō, prōvocātiōnem, from Latin prōvocō. By surface analysis, provoke + -ation. Doublet of provokatsiya.
Words formed from provocation
Words that rhyme with provocation
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- constellation
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Questions about provocation
- What does provocation mean?
- Provocation means the act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
- What is provocation in Hindi?
- Provocation in Hindi is उकसावे, उकसावा. See Provocation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is provocation?
- Provocation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce provocation?
- Provocation is pronounced /ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of provocation?
- The plural of provocation is provocations.
Words near provocation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: provocation (page history and authors); provocation (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provocation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); provocation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provocation (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provocation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പ്രകോപനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); provocation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); provocation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provocation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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