revoke
part of speech
verb (revoke, revokes, revoked, revoking)
meaning for a pupil
1) To officially cancel a law, permission, licence or decision. tree →
2) (cards) To fail to follow suit when you could, breaking a rule. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means to take back an opinion, as in everyday English. In the primary lessons: In law and adult life a driving licence or passport can be revoked. In school, privileges can be revoked for bad behaviour. Phrases: «revoke a licence», «revoke permission», «revoke a ban».
examples
- This opinion, however, he afterwards revoked. (See Dr. Graetz's "History of the Jews," Vol. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- The judge revoked his driving licence. tree →
- The school revoked our right to play football at lunch for a week. tree →
- The country revoked the old law. tree →
- Her visa was revoked when she broke the rules. tree →
- The king revoked his order and freed the prisoner. tree →
- You can revoke an app's permission to use your camera. tree →
note
Regular verb: revoked. Noun: «revocation». Formal; «cancel» or «take away» are everyday. Very close to «repeal», but «repeal» is used for laws by a parliament.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «revoke» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.