Meaning

2 senses
  1. The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something.

  2. The action of inputting prompts to an artificial intelligence system.

More definitions
  • a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
  • persuasion formulated as a suggestion

Forms

plural: promptings
Singularprompting
Pluralpromptings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken):prompt
  • persuasion formulated as a suggestion:suggestion

Word family

1 related words
Relatedprompt

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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