evocative
pronunciation
How to pronounce evocative in British English:
UK [ɪˈvɒkətɪv]
How to pronounce evocative in American English:
US [ɪˈvɑkətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- serving to bring to mind
Word Origin
- evocative (adj.)
- 1650s, "tending to call forth," from Late Latin evocativus "pertaining to summoning," from Latin evocatus, past participle of evocare "call out; rouse, summon" (see evocation).
Example
- 1. For if their dynamism is evocative of newt gingrich 's mid-term revolution of 1994 , so too is their zeal for small government .
- 2. There is great beauty in them -- not cartoon beauty , but evocative landscape drawing , put through the filter of animated style .
- 3. Evocative words my love just for you .
- 4. The bible he has given us uses evocative imagery as well as precise reports .
- 5. His language was clearest and most evocative on foreign and security policy .