provoked

«provoked» in Mova's school dictionary: the past form of provoke: made someone angry on purpose… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb past form (provoke → provoked); adjective (provoked)

meaning for a pupil

1) Provoked is the past form of provoke: made someone angry on purpose, or caused a reaction. tree →

2) As an adjective, a provoked attack is one caused by someone's action, not happening by itself. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons and nature: most animal attacks are provoked, so leave animals alone. In stories: «the provoked giant roared». In formal speech: «unprovoked» means with no reason.

examples

• The bee stung him because he provoked it. tree →
• The news provoked strong feelings. tree →
• He was provoked into a fight. tree →
• The snake attack was provoked. tree →
• Her comment provoked giggles in class. tree →
• The provoked bull charged. tree →
• The attack was unprovoked, which made it worse. tree →
• The boy said he was provoked, but hitting was still wrong. tree →
• ‘All right, then,’ said her husband, somewhat provoked, ‘you can sing a song to the fairies.’ tree →

note

Past and adjective of provoke. Opposite: unprovoked. Being provoked does not excuse hurting someone.

In the corpora

• Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
• Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;
• For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.
• Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.

Trees and pragmatics

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