Meaning

3 senses
  1. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.

    hervorlocken, hervorrufen, auslösen

    вызыва́тьvyzyvátʹ, вы́зватьvýzvatʹ

    call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

  2. (transitive)To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.

    Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.

    Did you elicit a response?

    herauslocken, entlocken, hervorzaubern

    извлека́тьizvlekátʹ, извле́чьizvléčʹ

    витя́гуватиvytjáhuvaty, витяга́тиvytjaháty, ви́тягнутиvýtjahnuty

  3. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason.

    schließen, schlussfolgern

    выявля́тьvyjavljátʹ, вы́явитьvýjavitʹ, устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ

    derive by reason

Examples

12 sentences
  1. That's sure to elicit a smile.

    deDas wird sicher ein Lächeln hervorlocken.

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  2. Tom tried to elicit a response from Mary.

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  3. We plan to elicit opinions from the public.

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  4. Everyone knows that luck and wealth elicit envy.

    ruВсем известно, что удача и богатство вызывают зависть.

    deJeder weiß ja, dass Glück und Reichtum Neid hervorruft.

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  5. He tried to elicit a response from her.

    ruОн пытался добиться от неё ответа.

    deEr versuchte ihr eine Antwort zu entlocken.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to draw out, bring out:
Русский
By meaning 3
to evoke, educe:
to draw out, bring out:
to use logic to arrive at truth:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to evoke, educe:
to draw out, bring out:
to use logic to arrive at truth:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin elicitus from eliciō (“draw forth”).

Borrowed from Latin elicitus from eliciō (“draw forth”).

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Forms

elicits, eliciting, elicited, elicited
Base formelicit · to elicit
3rd person singularelicits
Present participleeliciting
Past simpleelicited
Past participleelicited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyelicit
he, she, itelicits

Past simpleLesson

all personselicited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave elicited
he, she, ithas elicited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill elicit

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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