evoke

CEFRC1

/ɪˈvəʊk/

verb

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In plain English

01
verb
To cause a feeling, memory, or image to come to mind.
02
verb
Extra detail
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

Examples

Our company's visual identity was designed to evoke a sense of trust and familiarity.
This cuisine is seasoned to evoke the esprit of Paris.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.
Being here evokes long forgotten memories.

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The face of the dying man in the lingchi video monotonously evokes Maria Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer ’s 1928 “Passion of Joan of Arc.”
2007 July 25, Roberta Smith, “Figures Moving as if in a Trance Across an Isolated, Lawless Island”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
In the 175 years that have passed, composers have seized on accelerating and decelerating rhythms combined with the ostinati of pistons and wheels crossing track joints to evoke the feeling of travelling by rail.
2025 December 24, Chris Edwards, “Rhythm of the railway”, in RAIL, number 1051, page 50
The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98

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From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”). Akin to voice.