{
    "term": "evoke",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "evoke",
            "heSheIt": "evokes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "evoked",
        "pastParticiple": "evoked",
        "ingForm": "evoking"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind",
            "sensetop": "evoke something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The music **evoked memories** of her youth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The novel vividly evokes the life of the Irish in Australia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "products that help evoke an old-fashioned mood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the actor's ability to evoke a variety of emotions"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["beautifully", "clearly", "effectively"],
                "verb + evoke": ["attempt to", "seek to", "try to"],
                "evoke + noun": [
                    "the ability to evoke something",
                    "the power to evoke something"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvəʊk/",
                "audio": "ev/evoke/evoke__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvəʊks/",
                "audio": "ev/evoke/evokes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvəʊkt/",
                "audio": "ev/evoke/evoked__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvəʊkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ev/evoke/evoking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvəʊk/",
                "audio": "ev/evoke/evoke__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvəʊks/",
                "audio": "ev/evoke/evokes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvəʊkt/",
                "audio": "ev/evoke/evoked__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvəʊkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ev/evoke/evoking__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in the sense invoke a spirit or deity): from Latin evocare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call’."
}