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"word": "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French provoquer, from Old French, from Latin prōvocāre. Doublet of provocate.",
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"text": "Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.",
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"To cause someone to become annoyed or angry."
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"(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry."
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"roman": "istafazza",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "اِسْتَفَزَّ"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "挑釁"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiǎoxìn",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "挑衅"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "扇動"
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāndòng",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "扇动"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīnù",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "激怒"
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"roman": "jīqǐ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "激起"
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"roman": "cìjī",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "刺激"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "dráždit"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provokere"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "uitlokken"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provoki"
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{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "suututtaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provosoida"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provoquer"
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗrovocirebas",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "პროვოცირებას"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provozieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufreizen"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufwühlen"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufhetzen"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufpeitschen"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufstacheln"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exorgízo",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "εξοργίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exápto",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "εξάπτω"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "erethízō",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "ἐρεθίζω"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provokál"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "ergja"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "skaprauna"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocare"
},
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"alt": "いからせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ikaraseru",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "怒らせる"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"alt": "りっぷくさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rippaku-saseru",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "立腹させる"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"alt": "ふんがいさせる",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "fungai-saseru",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "憤慨させる"
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"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑɑbɑngkɑɑ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "បង្ក"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "lacessō"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "prōvocō"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocēt"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "raparapa"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "makitohene"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "māreherehe"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "whakatenetene"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "whakapātaritari"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "mukākā"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "kōtara"
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{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "forthcallen"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provosere"
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{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afžulidan",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "افژولیدن"
},
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prowokować"
},
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "sprowokować"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
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"word": "podjudzać"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "drażnić"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "irritar"
},
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provocírovatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "провоци́ровать"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sprovocírovatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спровоци́ровать"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "serdítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "серди́ть"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasserdítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
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"word": "рассерди́ть"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocera"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "mang-udyok"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "tvl",
"lang": "Tuvaluan",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "fakaoso"
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"roman": "provokuváty",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "провокува́ти"
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"roman": "sprovokuváty",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muštaēl",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "مشتعل"
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"ref": "1881, John Burroughs, Pepacton",
"text": "To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.",
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{
"ref": "2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To bring about a reaction."
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"(transitive) To bring about a reaction."
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"roman": "predizvikvam",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "предизвиквам"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provosoida"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "hervorrufen"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "zeitigen"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "anerzeugen"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "anerschaffen"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "generare"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakakārangirangi"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "pātaritari"
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{
"_dis1": "6 90 3",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "taunanawe"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
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"word": "спровокува́ти"
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"roman": "muštaēl kerna",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
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"word": "مشتعل"
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"(obsolete) To appeal."
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"4": "*wekʷ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "provoquer"
},
"expansion": "Middle French provoquer",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old French",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "prōvocāre"
},
"expansion": "Latin prōvocāre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "provocate"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of provocate",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
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{
"form": "provokes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "provoking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "provoked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "provoked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "provoke (third-person singular simple present provokes, present participle provoking, simple past and past participle provoked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "evoke"
},
{
"word": "invoke"
},
{
"word": "provocateur"
},
{
"word": "revoke"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause someone to become annoyed or angry."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1881, John Burroughs, Pepacton",
"text": "To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bring about a reaction."
],
"links": [
[
"bring about",
"bring about"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring about a reaction."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To appeal."
],
"links": [
[
"appeal",
"appeal#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To appeal."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɹəˈvəʊk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɹəˈvoʊk/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɹəˈvəʉk/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊk"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-provoke.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/En-us-provoke.ogg/En-us-provoke.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/En-us-provoke.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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],
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{
"sense": "To cause to become annoyed or angry",
"word": "harass"
},
{
"sense": "bring about a reaction",
"word": "discompose"
},
{
"word": "egg on"
},
{
"word": "engender"
},
{
"word": "evoke"
},
{
"word": "grill"
},
{
"word": "incite"
},
{
"word": "induce"
},
{
"word": "inflame"
},
{
"word": "instigate"
},
{
"word": "invoke"
},
{
"word": "rouse"
},
{
"word": "set off"
},
{
"word": "stir up"
},
{
"word": "whip up"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istafazza",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "اِسْتَفَزَّ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "provokiram",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "провокирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "挑釁"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiǎoxìn",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "挑衅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "扇動"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāndòng",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "扇动"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīnù",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "激怒"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīqǐ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "激起"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cìjī",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "刺激"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "dráždit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provokere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "uitlokken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provoki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "suututtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provosoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provoquer"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗrovocirebas",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "პროვოცირებას"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provozieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufreizen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufwühlen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufhetzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufpeitschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufstacheln"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exorgízo",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "εξοργίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exápto",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "εξάπτω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "erethízō",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "ἐρεθίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provokál"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "ergja"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "skaprauna"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocare"
},
{
"alt": "いからせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ikaraseru",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "怒らせる"
},
{
"alt": "りっぷくさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rippaku-saseru",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "立腹させる"
},
{
"alt": "ふんがいさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fungai-saseru",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "憤慨させる"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑɑbɑngkɑɑ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "បង្ក"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "lacessō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "prōvocō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocēt"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "raparapa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "makitohene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "māreherehe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "whakatenetene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "whakapātaritari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "mukākā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "kōtara"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "forthcallen"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provosere"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afžulidan",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "افژولیدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prowokować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sprowokować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podjudzać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "drażnić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provocírovatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "провоци́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sprovocírovatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спровоци́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "serdítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "серди́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasserdítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "рассерди́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocera"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "mang-udyok"
},
{
"code": "tvl",
"lang": "Tuvaluan",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "fakaoso"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "provokuváty",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "провокува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprovokuváty",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спровокува́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muštaēl",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "مشتعل"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predizvikvam",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "предизвиквам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provosoida"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "hervorrufen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "hervorbringen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "zeitigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "anerzeugen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "anerschaffen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "generare"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provocēt"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakakārangirangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "pātaritari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "taunanawe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakapātaritari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakatari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakataritari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "makitohene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "mukākā"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "provokuváty",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "провокува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprovokuváty",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спровокува́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muštaēl kerna",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "مشتعل کرنا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muštaēl",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "مشتعل"
}
],
"word": "provoke"
}
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