Vocabulary
Elicit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact)
from someone
Urdu meaning
حاصل کرنا، ظاہر کرنا ، کھولنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- I have attempted to address this in language that might elicit a measure of support from both sides.
- Many teachers resort to giving instruction that is broken into multiple languages, perhaps in an attempt to elicit responses from students who have learned to stay quiet and listen.
- India also failed to elicit any international support for its decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty.
- They have a contrary effect by indicating over-anxious efforts to elicit positive public affirmation.
- The use of coercive power in a political vacuum with unrepresentative provincial governments in place including the present one has meant state actions have lacked the authority and legitimacy needed to elicit public support.
Synonyms
obtain, bring out, draw out, extract, evoke, bring about
Antonyms
cover, forgo, hide, suppress
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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