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{
"term": "invoke",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "invoke",
"heSheIt": "invokes"
},
"pastSimple": "invoked",
"pastParticiple": "invoked",
"ingForm": "invoking"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to mention or use a law, rule, etc. as a reason for doing something",
"sensetop": "invoke something (against somebody)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to mention a person, a theory, an example, etc. to support your opinions or ideas, or as a reason for something",
"sensetop": "invoke somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She invoked several eminent scholars to back up her argument."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to mention somebody’s name to make people feel a particular thing or act in a particular way",
"sensetop": "invoke something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His name was invoked as a symbol of the revolution."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make a request (for help) to somebody, especially a god",
"sensetop": "invoke somebody",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to make somebody have a particular feeling or imagine a particular scene",
"sensetop": "invoke something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The opening paragraph invokes a vision of England in the early Middle Ages."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to begin to run a program, etc.",
"sensetop": "invoke something",
"labels": "(computing)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This command will invoke the HELP system."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to make evil appear by using magic",
"sensetop": "invoke somebody/something",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvəʊk/",
"audio": "in/invoke/invoke__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvəʊks/",
"audio": "in/invoke/invokes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvəʊkt/",
"audio": "in/invoke/invoked__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvəʊkɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/invoke/invoking__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvəʊk/",
"audio": "in/invoke/invoke__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvəʊks/",
"audio": "in/invoke/invokes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvəʊkt/",
"audio": "in/invoke/invoked__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvəʊkɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/invoke/invoking__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- ‘upon’ + vocare ‘to call’."
}