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wywoływać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • evoke verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.
  • invoke verb To call on something, such as a rule, law, or higher power, for support or justification.
  • stage noun A phase or step in a process of change or development.
  • trigger noun The small lever pulled with a finger to fire a gun.

Senses

wywoływać is used for these senses in English:

  • bring on (idiomatic, transitive) To cause.
  • bring on (idiomatic, intransitive, US, informal, often, as imperative) To pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.
  • evoke (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
  • invoke (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
  • stage To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
  • stir up (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).

evoke — full definition

  1. verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.
  2. verb To provoke or draw out a particular reaction or response.

invoke — full definition

  1. verb To call on something, such as a rule, law, or higher power, for support or justification.
  2. verb Computing: to cause a program, function, or command to run.

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