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volitation

UK/vɒlɪˈteɪʃən/US/vɑlɪˈteɪʃən/

volitation noun: flight; flying.

Noun

volitation (countable and uncountable, plural volitations)

  1. Flight; flying.
    • An elliptic flock of pigeons, in circular volitation, soaring gray, flapping white, and then gray again, wheeled across the limpid, pale sky, above the College Library.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 3.6, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 73

volitation meaning in Tamil

volitation in Tamil

பறக்குந் திறம்

Forms of volitation

pluralvolitations

Origin of volitation

From Medieval Latin volitātiō, from Latin volitāre.

Questions about volitation

What does volitation mean?
Volitation means flight; flying.
What is volitation in Tamil?
Volitation in Tamil is பறக்குந் திறம். See Volitation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is volitation?
Volitation is a noun.
How do you pronounce volitation?
Volitation is pronounced /vɒlɪˈteɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of volitation?
The plural of volitation is volitations.

Words near volitation in the dictionary

  1. volitary
  2. volitate
  3. volitated
  4. volitates
  5. volitating
  6. volitation
  7. volitational
  8. volitations
  9. volitiency
  10. volitient
  11. volitile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: volitation (page history and authors); volitation (Tamil 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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