machination en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”). By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation.
Meanings
-
(countable, in-plural, uncountable) A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
Machinations, hollowneſſe, treacherie, and all ruinous diſorders follow vs diſquietly to our Graues.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 286, column 2:PATRICK: The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.
2001 September 7, Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, “The Secret Box”, in SpongeBob SquarePants:He witnessed her palpitating bosom, the lifeless hues and disconsolate expression of her interesting countenance; yet, from the machinations of his evil passions, he would have proceeded further, until, entirely overcome, he had seen her drop motionless in her chair, in order that he might have the luxury of supporting her within his arms, and of recalling her to a sense of life and being.
1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter IV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 37:
- (countable, uncountable) The act of machinating or plotting.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| machinations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Translations (69)
cmn 奸計 (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · uk інтри́га (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · is leynimakk (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · es maquinación (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · cmn 暗算 (act of machinating) · cmn 奸計 (act of machinating) · be заме́ры (act of machinating) · sv ränker (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · cmn 陰謀 /阴谋 (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · pt maquinação (act of machinating) · mk махина́ција (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · el μηχανορραφία (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · is ráðabrugg (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · it complotto (act of machinating) · it cospirazione (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · be інтры́га (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · it complotto (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · ru ко́зни (act of machinating) · uk за́міри (act of machinating) · hy մեքենայություն (act of machinating) · pl machinacja (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · cmn 陰謀 /阴谋 (act of machinating) · fr machination (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · hu machináció (act of machinating) · sh макина́ција (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · it intrigo (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · hy մեքենայություն (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · be махіна́цыя (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · cmn 詭計 /诡计 (act of machinating) · ru махина́ция (act of machinating) · sh makinácija (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · hu fondorlat (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · ru про́иски (act of machinating) · ota فتنه (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · hu mesterkedés (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · be хі́трыкі (act of machinating) · cs machinace (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · ja 策謀 (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · ru интри́га (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · uk махіна́ція (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · fi masinointi (act of machinating) · sh mahinácija (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · hu üzelmek (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · ko 권모술수 (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · bg машина́ция (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · mk и́нтрига (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · uk пі́дступи (act of machinating) · fi masinointi (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · sh махина́ција (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · hu machináció (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · ota فساد (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · pt maquinação (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · de Machenschaft (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · cmn 詭計 /诡计 (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · el σκευωρία (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · ja 策動 (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · be падсе́ды (act of machinating) · es maquinación (act of machinating) · mk спле́тка (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · sh splȅtka (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · el δολοπλοκία (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · sh спле̏тка (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · el πλεκτάνη (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · bg интри́га (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · it tiro mancino (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · cmn 暗算 (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · ru махина́ция (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · it macchinazione (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) · it macchinazione (act of machinating)