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elicited

How to use elicited in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for elicited.

Editorial note

Reading this elicited a rush of "boy I'm glad I did that".

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; "evoked potentials"; "an elicited response"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; "evoked potentials"; "an elicited response"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for elicited.

adjective

called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; "evoked potentials"; "an elicited response"

Example sentences

1

Reading this elicited a rush of "boy I'm glad I did that".

2

Only tpratchett would have elicited the same response.

3

Definitely elicited a double take when I saw it.

4

Is there anything he could have written that would not have elicited a negative response from you?

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The site elicited instant "awwwws" and a quick memorization of the domain to submit our pup.

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And a simple "no thanks" likely would have elicited the same "please join!" response from RapGenius anyways.

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This cannot be elicited from students who don't know it. Asking socratic questions about the effects of drugs on human bodies is useless.

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This cannot be elicited from students who don't know it. Of course you can't give students a periodic table and Socratically enquire how this came to be.

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Various movies marketed to teens have elicited similar "life imitates art" trends. Now it's hoax memes.

10

At this point I think Kerr is just trolling for the page views, since he doesn't seem to have learned anything from the extensive and thoughtful comments his first post elicited.

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Never in the history of the internet has a new logo been posted to a forum and elicited a positive response. I think it's a fundamental law of the internet.

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It's possible that these waves are elicited if your password is simply close to the actual one, maybe the first couple letters or somesuch. Then the algorithm could use that information to narrow down the range it has to check; essentially a game of warm/cold.

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A lot of stories, like the LavaBit shutdown for example, never elicited the strong backlash that it should have. It was however, well known in security and technology media circles.

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> they're mostly closeted Probably because they end up eliciting comments like the one you've elicited from winter_blue. There's nothing wrong with someone being religious, but this isn't the forum for an essay quoting Bible verses.

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The attacks elicited anger at the Government and embarrassment. But oddly, apathy is probably the best answer to terrorism.

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This tension has a dramatic influence on gameplay choices and the emotional response elicited by those choices. If, however, it's the oldskool text graphics and complex control schemes that you dont 'get', you'd be forgiven for thinking that 'ascii graphics = roguelike'.

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I haven't played portal 2 yet, but I can't think of any other game that elicited such a strong emotional reaction from me through the mechanism of interactivity.

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What about the London tube/bus suicide bombings: those were domestic terrorism and elicited a distinctly different response than we're seeing in Norway now. Or is it only domestic terrorism when the perpetrators are white one wonders!

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Easy to find good bookstores for Chinese, for Japanese, and for Korean, but almost nada for Spanish, and asking local Spanish speakers about it elicited shrugs. Ask about telenovelas, and you've got plenty of opinions, but plain old novelas, nope, so the crazy gringo part doesn't seem to matter.

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Admitting to drinking and driving there, in my experience, elicited very strongly-voiced disapproval. And not just from some particular demographic - it was universal.

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The person was the report's first author, who surely knew the experimental hypotheses and who, we now learn, may have known the sex of the infants whose attention she elicited. The experiment provides no evidence that the basis of infants' preference, if real, had anything to do with the categorical distinction between the displays.

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And to any who would comment that my use of all caps elicited my ban, I'd respond by pointing out the use of capitalization is used "for emphasis," [2] in this case, specifically, enthusiasm -- unfortunately making the resulting ban all the more disgusting and frustrating. To any in YC who have control over such things, please unban my account.

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He probably had no idea: "Sentenced to a 40-month federal prison term in 2009 for his role in a tax evasion conspiracy involving offshore American accounts, former Swiss banker Bradley Birkenfeld elicited sympathetic comments from some observers who said the hefty sentence was likely to discourage other whistleblowers from cooperating with the government." "But the former UBS AG employee's situation has recently taken a significant turn for the better.

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I wouldn't even start with the the literary response to the riots -- that's already a bridge too far for most highschoolers -- I'd begin with the television reporting about the riots, and seeing what kind of response can be elicited from that. Having engaged their interest within a relatively familiar medium, I'd then move gradually into the more literary explorations of the domain: first to short opinion pieces written in the daily papers; then to longer analytical essays and parliamentary addresses; finally to the various explicitly literary / artistic means of engaging with the subject, such as the plays about the riots which are now beginning to emerge.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use elicited in a sentence?

Reading this elicited a rush of "boy I'm glad I did that".

What does elicited mean?

called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; "evoked potentials"; "an elicited response"

What part of speech is elicited?

elicited is commonly used as adjective.