From Middle English provocacioun, from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin prōvocātiō, prōvocātiōnem, from Latin prōvocō. Doublet of provokatsiya.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɒvəˈkeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: prov‧o‧ca‧tion

provocation (countable and uncountable, plural provocations)

1. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
2. Something that provokes; a provocative act.
3. (emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.

   When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.

Usually followed by of, to, or for: provocation of violence (less common:to, rare:for), provocation to war (less common: of, for).

• provocateur
• provocator
• provoke

Borrowed from Late Latin provocātiōnem, from Latin provocō.

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provocation f (plural provocations)

1. provocation

• provocateur
• provoquer

• → Polish: prowokacja
• → Turkish: provokasyon

• “provocation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012