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Meaning of provocate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
pɹəˈvɒk.eɪt

Definitions

  1. To provoke.
  2. To call forth.
  3. To challenge.

Equivalents

Italiano provocate

Examples

“The movie called It is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse But the Society In Which He Lives was a provocating movie. It dramatized the situation and got hard reactions from the gays and the straights. But when you look at it now it is full of hate. And it was OK, in a way, to provocate, but it was not done with a lovely touch.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

provocated provocates provocating provok't provoke provoked

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