prompt

IPA: prˈɑmpt

A reminder or cue.
(writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
(business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
(computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
(machine learning) Textual input given to a large language model in order to have it generate a desired output.

(transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
(transitive) To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.
(transitive, theater and television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
(transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
(transitive, computing) To request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer.
(transitive, machine learning) To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output.

Examples of "prompt" in Sentences

This prompt is part of Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge.
It also welcomed what it called the prompt release of the results.
I must say, though, that that automatic answering prompt is an obvious trap. jjr
The 210000-member union also welcomed what it called the prompt release of results.
I still feel a prompt is like a hotel swipe card which will take me to the ‘other side’.
The goal of the project is to enable the military to carry out what it calls a "prompt global strike."
It also welcomed what it called the prompt release of the results, which were officially released earlier on Friday by
DETROIT - Many questions arose from the Redskins 'latest horrible experience here against the Detroit Lions, whose 37-25 victory Sunday afternoon could again prompt change in Washington.
Normally using the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace shortcut key combination will immediately restart the X server and bring you back to the login prompt — an extremely useful tool when testing xorg. conf changes for your display setup — but the latest version of Ubuntu has removed this ability to prevent new users from accidentally triggering a restart.