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Definitions: Captivation |
CaptivationNoun1. The state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror). 2. A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "captivation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Etymology: Captivation \Cap"ti*va`tion\, noun. [Latin expression capticatio.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: CaptivationSynonyms: enchantment (n), enthrallment (n), fascination (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Captivation |
| Non-English Usage: "Captivation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (enthralling). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Captivation (1931) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
captivation | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "captivation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fesselung (capturing, ravishment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elbájolás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pesona (dazzle, enchantment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attrazione (appeal, attracting, attraction, call, pull, sideshow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 魅惑 (attraction, charm, fascination, lure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | みわく (attraction, charm, fascination, lure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | molteyraght (deceit, deceitfulness), cleayneyraght (allurement, seduction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aptivationcay captivare (absorption), captare (intake), fermecare (ravishment). (various references) cezbetme (bait, enchantment), büyüleme (allure, allurement, casting a spell, enchantment, enthrallment, enthralment, spell). (various references) sự quyến rũ (allurement, attractiveness, fascination, lurement, seduction, temptation, witchery), sự l m say đắm (bewitchment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "captivation": captivations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "captivation" (pronounced 'Cap"ti*va`tion'): Ablution, Aftersensation, Capitalization, Captation, Carburization, Cross-question, Dynamization, Frigefaction, Fructuation, Fulguration, fulmination, Funambulation, Galvanization, Gubernation, insinuation, Penetration, Reforestization, strangulation, Subalternation, sublimation, Underaction, Underfaction. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-n-o-p-t-t-v" | |
-1 letter: activation, capitation, cavitation. | |
-3 letters: aviation, citation, optician, vacation. | |
-4 letters: actinia, antipot, avionic, captain, caption, paction, taction, tapioca, titania, titanic, viatica. | |
-5 letters: action, anatto, anopia, atavic, atonic, atopic, attain, capita, captan, cation, catnap, catnip, intact, octant, otitic, ottava, patina, pianic, pinata, pionic, ptotic, taipan, tipcat, titian, vacant, viatic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-i-n-o-p-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: captivations. | |
+4 letters: postvaccination. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 74 69 76 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .--. - .. ...- .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p t i v a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0074 0069 0076 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767828675886786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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