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provocation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin provocatio, provocationem, from Latin provoco. Doublet of provokatsiya.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??v??ke???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??v??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: prov?o?ca?tion
Noun
provocation (countable and uncountable, plural provocations)
- The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
- Something that provokes; a provocative act
- (emergency medicine) 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.
Related terms
- provocateur
- provocator
- provoke
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin provocatio, provocationem, from Latin provoco.
Pronunciation
Noun
provocation f (plural provocations)
- provocation
Related terms
- provocateur
- provoquer
Further reading
- “provocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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explanation
English
Alternative forms
- explaination (misspelling or obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain.
Morphologically explain +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??kspl??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
explanation (countable and uncountable, plural explanations)
- The act or process of explaining.
- The explanation was long and drawn-out.
- Something that explains, makes understandable.
- An explanation for the UFO sightings was easily found.
- A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
Synonyms
- (act or process of explaining): clarification; elucidation; elaboration; explaining; femsplaining (pej., particularly by a feminist to a man); mansplaining, mansplanation (pej., particularly by a man to a woman)
Related terms
- explain
- explanatory
- explicative
- explicator
- explicatory
Translations
Further reading
- explanation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- explanation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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