provocation

«provocation» in Mova's school dictionary: something done or said on purpose to make someone angry… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (provocation, provocations)

meaning for a pupil

1) Provocation is something done or said on purpose to make someone angry or to make them react. tree →

2) A provocation is one such action. tree →

3) «Without provocation» means without any reason. tree →

sense in the lessons

In playground and safety lessons it explains that teasing and name-calling can be provocation, and that you choose how to react. In stories and news it tells the reader why a fight started. Phrases: «without provocation», «under provocation», «the slightest provocation».

examples

• He hit the boy without any provocation. tree →
• Don't react to provocation — walk away. tree →
• She gets angry at the slightest provocation. tree →
• The insults were a deliberate provocation. tree →
• The dog bit the man without provocation. tree →
• Under provocation, he stayed calm. tree →
• Name-calling is provocation. tree →
• The army saw the move as a provocation. tree →
• The Eagle gave the first provocation in seizing upon and in eating the young ones of the Beetle. tree →

note

Verb: provoke; adjective: provocative. Spelling: provoCation (c), though provoKe has k. Provocation does not make violence right.

In the corpora

• Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «provocation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.