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suscitar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
  • prompt adj Done quickly, without delay.
  • rouse verb To wake someone up, or to stir them out of inactivity.

Senses

suscitar is used for these senses in English:

  • egg on (transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
  • elicit To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
  • whip up (transitive) To arouse or excite.

prompt — full definition

  1. adj Done quickly, without delay.
  2. noun A reminder or cue that helps someone remember what to say or do.
  3. noun Text or instructions given to an AI system to generate a response.
  4. verb To cause or encourage someone to do or say something.
  5. verb To give an AI system text input in order to get a desired output.

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