Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

solicitation

/səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: so-li-ci-ta-tion
IPA: /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal

Countable; Uncountable

noun

an inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""The instances you have quoted," replied the other, "are certainly very encouraging! Homer past a life in blindness and beggary; Columbus, in vain solicitation and feverish disappointment; and Luther's was spent in struggle, imprisonment, and danger..."

Etymology

From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: sollicitation, sollicitātiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

solicitations (plural)

Derived Forms

antisolicitation nonsolicitation resolicitation

Frequently Paired Words

applicant

Synonyms

petition appeal allurement collection ingathering

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce solicitation?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/.
What does solicitation mean?: the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
Where does solicitation come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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