to evoke a response
1response — n. 1) to elicit, evoke a response 2) to give a response 3) a glib; sullen; witty response 4) a lukewarm response 5) a response to 6) in response to * * * [rɪ spɒns] evoke a response sullen witty response a glib a luke …
2evoke — ► VERB 1) bring or recall to the conscious mind. 2) obtain (a response). 3) invoke (a spirit or deity). DERIVATIVES evocation noun. ORIGIN Latin evocare, from vocare to call …
3response — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ affirmative (esp. AmE), encouraging, enthusiastic, favourable/favorable, good, positive ▪ lukewarm (esp. BrE), muted, tepid …
4evoke — verb ADVERB ▪ beautifully, clearly, effectively, nicely, powerfully, successfully, vividly ▪ The novel vividly evokes the life of the Irish in Australia. ▪ …
5evoke — e|voke [ıˈvəuk US ıˈvouk] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: évoquer, from Latin evocare to call out , from vocare to call ] to produce a strong feeling or memory in someone ▪ The photographs evoked strong memories of our holidays in… …
6evoke — [[t]ɪvo͟ʊk[/t]] evokes, evoking, evoked VERB To evoke a particular memory, idea, emotion, or response means to cause it to occur. [FORMAL] [V n] ...the scene evoking memories of those old movies... [V n] A sense of period was evoked by… …
7evoke — [ɪ vəʊk] verb 1》 bring or recall to the conscious mind. 2》 elicit (a response). 3》 invoke (a spirit or deity). Derivatives evocation noun evoker noun Origin C17 (earlier (ME) as evocation): from L. evocat , evocare, from e (var. of ex ) out of,… …
8evoke — v.tr. 1 inspire or draw forth (memories, feelings, a response, etc.). 2 summon (a supposed spirit from the dead). Derivatives: evocation n. evoker n. Etymology: L evocare (as E , vocare call) …
9Auditory brainstem response — The auditory brainstem response (ABR) is an auditory evoked potential extracted from ongoing electrical activity in the brain and recorded via electrodes placed on the scalp. The resulting recording is a series of vertex positive waves of which I …
10Reader-Response Criticism — The recognition that readers of a biblical text come to it with a variety of experience and assumptions which affect their appreciation of the narratives. (Cf. the Swedish proverb: ‘Spectators also create’ at the theatre.) Biblical scholars,… …
