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noun

ˈyōk How to pronounce yoke (audio)
Definition of yokenext
as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom

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yoke

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verb

as in to connect
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory

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Recent Examples of yoke
Noun
Art critic Eva Diaz, writing for ArtReview, says that Of the ‘creative’ pursuits, architecture is among the most dependent on big piles of capital in order to get its work off the ground: patronage is a constitutive yoke of the profession. — Matt Shaw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 Instead of a traditional wheel, the Filante Record 2025 has a sci-fi-style yoke with protruding handles on each side that use steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire systems to control steering, stopping, and acceleration. — New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
To yoke those antennas together into a single powerful telescope will require state-of-the-art amplification and signal processing (more on that later). — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2017 The effort to yoke radical politics to radical aesthetics—to make art that’s revolutionary both in content and form—is as central to modernity as revolution itself is. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yoke
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yoke
  1. slavery
  2. connect
  3. bondage
  4. string
  5. couple
  6. servitude
  7. integrate
  8. link
Noun
  • The event begins with Emancipation Day, marking the abolition of slavery on August 1, 1834.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The edits were originally flagged by The Washington Post, which reported that changes stripped away key references to Harriet Tubman and softened language that once plainly conveyed the horrors of slavery.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of slavery
Verb
  • What’s been great is that this show connected so quickly.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • One of the male suspects connected to the hit-and-run was detained and subsequently released by the California Highway Patrol but other two suspects were not located.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of connect
Noun
  • Given recent rumors that those in bondage intended to rebel, the delegation accepted his explanation, withdrew and convinced the waiting crowd outside to disperse.
    — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
  • For those freed from bondage, the end of the Civil War was a time of great hope and promise as well as profound disappointment and loss.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of bondage
Verb
  • The good news for the Suns is that Durant is still here and destroying teams, and Phoenix is finally stringing wins together, including notable ones against winning teams like the Cavaliers and Bucks. Josh Giddey and the Bulls are on an improbable roll.
    — Law Murray, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Theirs sits on the ground, just bare bulbs screwed into the ends of copper piping strung with wires, powering through a wondrous cycle of dimming and illumination, conjuring electricity’s arrival to the Marble Palace long ago.
    — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of string
Verb
  • Popular among celebrities like Brittany Mahomes, these Miramar styles have garnered high praise from shoppers for coupling the comfort of sweatpants with the sharp details of traditional denim.
    — Averi Baudler, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • And the fact that women and men are coupling up despite their educational gaps indicates that preferences are perhaps more flexible than some people assume.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of couple
Noun
  • The people are crying out for relief from medical servitude and the Trump administration keeps doubling down on the oppression.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The main character escapes servitude and arrives at a space station called the Eye, where different factions are fighting for both survival and freedom.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of servitude
Verb
  • But there was still a long road ahead in fully integrating women into mountain culture.
    — Cassidy Randall, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Wilmore and Williams were integrated with the Crew-9 mission in September under a plan NASA laid out months ago.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of integrate
Verb
  • As head of the nation's public health agencies, Kennedy's aides have asked federal health officials to reopen research into whether vaccines are linked to autism.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Read more: Why Allergy Seasons Are Getting Worse The papers in the survey also looked at the mechanism that links climate change to increases in hay fever.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of link

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