to elicit
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5.3
- verb
- /ɪˈlɪsɪt/
- Formal
:
provocar
- The fundraiser aimed to elicit donations from the community to support local charities.
- elicit responses
- elicit information
- elicit questions
But what you actually want to try and elicit is that stress.
- But what you actually want to try and elicit is that stress.
- And it also helps to, it helps to elicit trust.
- So you have to understand what elicits these dose responses, right?
- So you try to elicit something where there is some trust.
- You have absolutely no capacity to elicit emotion.
- And so there this will elicit a response.
- You're going to have to express those passions, and you're going to have to elicit their passions.
- So these things do not elicit an investigation.
- But there has to be some form of urgency or scarcity that elicits action.
- And some of these personas are even deliberately created to elicit a response inauthentically.
Examples
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Some days the only thing you elicit is sympathy, pity.
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The boy found... he had quite a talent for eliciting these feelings in others.
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So you try to elicit something where there is some trust.
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You will elicit facts from the witness.
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And we believe a personal plea, from you to your father, might elicit a response.
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It appears you are seeking to elicit from this witness an opinion which she is not entitled to give.
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How could she phrase her questions to elicit the information and yet remain reasonably tactful?
Fiction book (1993) -
In the present study, wordless picture books were used to elicit stories from cognitively healthy adults.
Academic text (2011) -
That synchrony elicits joy in human beings.
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The teacher used questions to elicit thoughtful answers from her students.
Synonyms
∞
1.8
To cause someone to do something, often by persuading them
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3.2
To bring up a subject or cause people to notice it
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3.9
To remove something from somewhere, often by effort, or to get information
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3.7
Cause a reaction or feeling
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4.8
To bring a memory, image, or feeling to mind
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4.8
To cause strong feeling or excitement in someone
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4.1
Cause a feeling or strong reaction in people
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4.9
Persuade someone to do something
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3.8
Remove something from where it is, for example a nail or a secret
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6.5
To cause a strong feeling or interest to begin
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4.4
Try to find out what someone thinks by asking indirect questions
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9.2
To make someone feel a strong emotion
To bring out something hidden or not clear
To make someone feel curious about something and want to know more
To make someone want to know more
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Elicit comes from Latin parts: e- meaning 'out' and a part meaning 'to draw', so it originally meant 'draw out', like when you extract an answer from someone. That's why to elicit is to bring out or get a reaction, answer, or feeling from someone.