evoke
verb /ɪˈvəʊk/
/ɪˈvəʊk/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they evoke | /ɪˈvəʊk/ /ɪˈvəʊk/ |
| he / she / it evokes | /ɪˈvəʊks/ /ɪˈvəʊks/ |
| past simple evoked | /ɪˈvəʊkt/ /ɪˈvəʊkt/ |
| past participle evoked | /ɪˈvəʊkt/ /ɪˈvəʊkt/ |
| -ing form evoking | /ɪˈvəʊkɪŋ/ /ɪˈvəʊkɪŋ/ |
- evoke something to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind
- The music evoked memories of her youth.
- His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.
Extra Examples- Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity.
- The novel vividly evokes the life of the Irish in Australia.
- products that help evoke an old-fashioned mood
- the actor's ability to evoke a variety of emotions
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- beautifully
- clearly
- effectively
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- the ability to evoke something
- the power to evoke something
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense invoke a spirit or deity): from Latin evocare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call’.