revoke

1. 1.

   the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

   Synonymsrenege

   Broadermistake

   Part ofcard game

Other forms of revoke

plural

revokes·

past tense

revoked·

present participle

revoking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about revoke

What does revoke mean?

revoke means "fail to follow suit when able and required to do so". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in revoke?

revoke has 2 syllables: re-voke. The stress falls on "voke". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈvoʊk/.

What is another word for revoke?

Close synonyms include annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is revoke a common word?

revoke is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with revoke?

4 words rhyme with revoke. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.