promptadj/pɹɒmpt/

• 1

  Quick; acting without delay.

  • He was very prompt at getting a new job.
  • a prompt response
• 2

  On time; punctual.

  • Be prompt for your appointment.
• 3

  archaicReady; willing to act.

  • Tell him, I am prompt / To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele.
• 4

  businessfinanceFront: 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.
  • The settlement ratio is determined as follows: i) If the prompt futures price of coal at maturity is less than or equal to the floor price, the ratio will be one.

promptnoun/pɹɒmpt/

• 1

  entertainmentlifestyletheaterA reminder or cue.

• 2

  communicationsjournalismliteratureA reminder or cue.

• 3

  computingengineeringmathematicsA reminder or cue.

  • I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen, but my account wasn't recognized.
• 4

  A reminder or cue.

  • I struggled to come up with a prompt that would give me the exact image I had in mind.
  • For instance, using the “instruct” mode, I once gave GPT-3 the prompt: “Write an essay discussing the role of metafiction in the work of Italo Calvino.”
• 5

  datedbusinessA time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.

  • To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months.

promptverb/pɹɒmpt/

• 1

  To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.

  • I prompted him to get a new job.
• 2

  To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.

  • "How did you solve the issue then?" Jason prompted while staring at Lana.
  • "What is your name, you?" he demanded. The captured youth tried to pull free again, but was obviously tiring. After a moment he stopped his struggling altogether. "Your name?" Simon prompted, this time in a softer tone. "Malachias." The youth turned away panting.
• 3

  broadcastingentertainmentlifestyleTo show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.

  • If he forgets his words I will prompt him.
• 4

  To initiate; to cause or lead to.

  • At first Renie's chain of thought had been prompted by the unsatisfactory nature of phone contact compared to an actual meeting,[…]
  • The only sour note on a virtually perfect night for England came from shameful 'monkey' chanting aimed at Ashley Cole and Ashley Young from a section of Bulgaria's fans which later prompted an official complaint from the Football Association to Uefa.
• 5

  computingengineeringmathematicsTo request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer.

  • The script prompted him to enter his credit account number.
• 6

  To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output.

  • I want to prompt this new AI art generator to create an image of a panda riding a bike.