How do we invoke a response from the computer?
Source: tatoeba (5749438)
Invoke
//ɪnˈvoʊk//
Synonyms for "invoke" (181 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (37)
Verb(12 words)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
similar
4 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπικαλέω verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
Arabic
1 entries- دَعَا verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
Bulgarian
4 entries- викам духове verb (conjure up by incantation)
- моля verb (solicit, petition for)
- призовавам verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- умолявам verb (solicit, petition for)
Catalan
3 entries- invocar verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- invocar verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
- invocar verb (solicit, petition for)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 調動 /调动 verb ((computing) cause to execute)
Danish
4 entries- anråbe verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- appellere til verb (solicit, petition for)
- forårsage verb (bring about as an inevitable consequence)
- medføre verb (bring about as an inevitable consequence)
Dutch
4 entries- aanroepen verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- aanroepen verb ((computing) cause to execute)
- beroep doen op verb (solicit, petition for)
- inroepen verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
Esperanto
2 entries- elvoki verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- elvoki verb (conjure up by incantation)
Finnish
4 entries- anoa verb (solicit, petition for)
- kutsua verb (conjure up by incantation)
- kutsua verb ((computing) cause to execute)
- loihtia verb (conjure up by incantation)
French
3 entries- invoquer verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- invoquer verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
- invoquer verb (solicit, petition for)
German
2 entries- anrufen verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- sich berühmen verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
Greek
1 entries- επικαλούμαι verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
Hungarian
4 entries- előidéz verb (bring about as an inevitable consequence)
- folyamodik verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- hivatkozik verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
- hív verb ((computing) cause to execute)
Italian
4 entries- appellarsi verb (solicit, petition for)
- chiedere verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- invocare verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
- invocare verb ((computing) cause to execute)
Latin
2 entries- invocō verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- invocō verb (conjure up by incantation)
Macedonian
4 entries- до́несе verb (bring about as an inevitable consequence)
- по́вика verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- по́вика verb (conjure up by incantation)
- преди́звика verb (bring about as an inevitable consequence)
Māori
1 entries- tuhi verb (conjure up by incantation)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- udhukuru verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
Old Norse
1 entries- heita á verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
Polish
4 entries- apelować verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
- wywołać verb ((computing) cause to execute)
- wywoływać verb ((computing) cause to execute)
- zaapelować verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
Portuguese
1 entries- invocar verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
Russian
4 entries- апеллировать verb (appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
- взывать verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- вы́звать verb (bring about as an inevitable consequence)
- вызыва́ть verb ((computing) cause to execute)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गृणाति verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
Spanish
1 entries- invocar verb (conjure up by incantation)
Ukrainian
3 entries- благати verb (call upon someone for help etc.)
- викликати verb ((computing) cause to execute)
- закликати verb (solicit, petition for)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
"Mary, I invoke my Jus Latii rights which means I don't have to do dishes tonight because of my Roman citizenship equivalency," said Tom. "What century do you think this is?" asked Mary. "And also stop drinking and do the dishes"
Source: tatoeba (6712181)
Let us invoke the gift of peace for the whole world, especially for those people who are suffering most because of ongoing conflicts.
Source: tatoeba (6759943)
Once Tom tried to invoke a demon, and he almost succeeded.
Source: tatoeba (8463224)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.