26984 words

prompted

5 definitions • 6 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to make something happen:

Examples:

The bishop's speech has prompted an angry response from both political parties.
Recent worries over the president's health have prompted speculation over his political future.
3
to make someone decide to say or do something:

Examples:

What prompted you to say that?
4
to help someone, especially an actor, to remember what they were going to say or do:

Examples:

I forgot my line and had to be prompted.
5
to give an instruction to an artificial intelligence (= a computer system or machine that has some of the qualities that a human brain has, such as the ability to interpret and produce language in a way that seems human, recognize or create images, solve problems, and learn from data supplied to it) using natural language rather than computer language:

Examples:

Generative AIs can be prompted to create content that appears entirely novel.
Successfully prompting a text-to-image AI model often involves a lot of experimentation in how to add and order words to get the results you want.

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