[…] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
Source: wiktionary
Interpellate
//ˌɪn.təɹˈpɛl.eɪt//
Synonyms for "interpellate" (8 found)
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15 translations across 10 languages.
Danish
1 entries- interpellere verb (question formally about government business)
Dutch
1 entries- interpelleren verb (question formally about government business)
French
2 entries- interpeller verb (interrupt so as to inform or question)
- interpeller verb (question formally about government business)
German
2 entries- interpellieren verb (address in a way that presupposes a particular identification)
- interpellieren verb (question formally about government business)
Greek
3 entries- επερωτώ verb (address in a way that presupposes a particular identification)
- επερωτώ verb (question formally about government business)
- επερωτώ διακοπτω verb (interrupt so as to inform or question)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- interpellere verb (question formally about government business)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- interpellere verb (question formally about government business)
Portuguese
1 entries- interpelar verb (interrupt so as to inform or question)
Spanish
2 entries- interpelar verb (address in a way that presupposes a particular identification)
- interpelar verb (question formally about government business)
Swedish
1 entries- interpellera verb (question formally about government business)
Sample sentences
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[…] the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions […]
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[…] whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.
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After the gentleman and Senator [Mariano Jesús] Cuenco interpellated me, I knew already that my bill was hopeless. That is why I presented that bill on February 4th, but it slept the sleep of the just in the Committee on Education.
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