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Prompt

//pɹɒmpt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Quick; acting without delay.
"He was very prompt at getting a new job."
2
On time; punctual.
"Be prompt for your appointment."
3
Ready; willing to act. archaic
"Tell him, I am prompt / To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele."
4
Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading.
"When physical crude oil transactions are priced, they are usually marked to the prompt month futures contract. The prompt month futures contract is the next futures contract to settle."

Adjective

1
performed with little or no delay wordnet
2
according to schedule or without delay; on time wordnet
3
ready and willing or quick to act wordnet

Noun

1
A reminder or cue.; A word, phrase or line supplied by a prompter to an actor who has forgotten the script.
2
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command wordnet
3
A reminder or cue.; A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
4
a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) wordnet
5
A reminder or cue.; A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
"I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen, but my account wasn't recognized."

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6
A reminder or cue.; Textual input given to a large language model or image model in order to have it generate a desired output.
"I struggled to come up with a prompt that would give me the exact image I had in mind."
7
A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. dated
"To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months."

Verb

1
To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do. transitive
"I prompted him to get a new job."
2
serve as the inciting cause of wordnet
3
To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak. transitive
""How did you solve the issue then?" Jason prompted while staring at Lana."
4
assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned wordnet
5
To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing. transitive
"If he forgets his words I will prompt him."

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6
give an incentive for action wordnet
7
To initiate; to cause or lead to. transitive
"At first Renie's chain of thought had been prompted by the unsatisfactory nature of phone contact compared to an actual meeting,[…]"
8
To request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer. transitive
"The script prompted him to enter his credit account number."
9
To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output. transitive
"I want to prompt this new AI art generator to create an image of a panda riding a bike."

Etymology

Etymology 1

The adjective is from Middle English prompte, from Middle French prompt and its etymon Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”). Doublet of pronto. The verb is from Middle English prompen, apparently from the adjective. The noun is from the verb.

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