Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.

    Your driver's license will be revoked.

    I hereby revoke all former wills.

    widerrufen, revozieren, einziehen

    отменя́тьotmenjátʹ, отмени́тьotmenítʹ, аннули́роватьannulírovatʹ

    cancel officially

  2. (intransitive)To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.

    объявля́ть рено́нсobʺjavljátʹ renóns, объяви́ть рено́нсobʺjavítʹ renóns

    fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

  3. (obsolete)To call or bring back.

  4. (obsolete)To hold back.

  5. (obsolete)To move (something) back or away.

  6. (obsolete)To call back to mind.

Examples

26 sentences
  1. I got my license revoked.

    deMir wurde die Lizenz entzogen.

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  2. Tom's license has been revoked.

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  3. My license has been revoked.

    ruМою лицензию отозвали.

    deMir wurde die Lizenz entzogen.

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  4. We got our license revoked.

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  5. I heard Tom's membership has been revoked.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing:
cardgames: to fail to follow suit when one should:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Double

Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.

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Forms

revokes, revoking, revoked, revoked
Base formrevoke · to revoke
3rd person singularrevokes
Present participlerevoking
Past simplerevoked
Past participlerevoked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrevoke
he, she, itrevokes

Past simpleLesson

all personsrevoked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave revoked
he, she, ithas revoked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill revoke

Synonyms

15 synonyms

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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