prompt
A reminder or cueA reminder or cue.: A word, phrase or line supplied by a prompter to an actor who has forgotten the script.
» What prompted you to do that?
Чому ви це зробили? — aandrusiak
Що змусило вас це зробити? — Ahha
Що спонукало вас це зробити? — Ahha
Що спонукало тебе це зробити? — Ahha
Що змусило тебе це зробити? — Ahha
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5 sensesA reminder or cue.
A word, phrase or line supplied by a prompter to an actor who has forgotten the script.
A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
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.
Eingabeaufforderung
подска́зкаpodskázka, приглаше́ниеpriglašénije, промптprompt
підка́зкаpidkázka, запро́шенняzapróšennja
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
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.
Prompt, KI-Anweisung
(dated)A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
Examples
58 sentencesWhat prompted you to do that?
Чому ви це зробили? — aandrusiak
I was wondering what prompted that decision.
Мені було цікаво, що призвело до такого рішення. — Ahha
Thank you for your prompt reply.
Дякуємо за швидку відповідь. — deniko
ruСпасибо за быстрый ответ. — marafon
deVielen Dank für die schnelle Antwort. — boscowitch
His prompt action prevented an epidemic.
ruЕго оперативные действия предотвратили эпидемию. — odexed
Tom was promised a prompt reply.
Translations
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Origin
The adjective is from Middle English prompte, from Middle French prompt and its etymon LatThe 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.
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Forms
plural: promptsSynonyms
2 synonyms- (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command:command prompt
- a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken):prompting