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- Dictionaryrevoke/rɪˈvəʊk/
verb
- 1. officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise): "the men appealed and the sentence was revoked"
- 2. (in bridge, whist, and other card games) fail to follow suit despite being able to do so.
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Revoke means to annul by recalling or taking back, or to fail to follow suit in a card game. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related articles of revoke.
Revoke means to take back, withdraw, or cancel. Revoke is typically used in the context of officially taking back or cancelling some kind of right, status, or privilege that has already been given or approved. Passports and laws can be revoked, for example. The process or an instance of revoking is called revocation.
Revoke means to take back or withdraw something, such as a law, a license, or a promise. It can also mean to fail to follow suit in a card game when required. See examples, synonyms, translations, and verb forms of revoke.
Revoke means to invalidate or cancel something, such as a law, a license, or a promise. It can also mean to fail to follow suit in a card game when required. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples of revoke.
Revoke means to cancel, withdraw, or annul something such as a law, a licence, or an agreement. It can also mean to fail to follow suit in cards. See pronunciation, word origin, and usage examples of revoke.
Definition of revoke verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. Cards. an act or instance of revoking. revoke. / rɪˈvəʊk / verb. tr to take back or withdraw; cancel; rescind. to revoke a law. intr cards to break a rule of play by failing to follow suit when able to do so; renege.
