prompting
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
the act of saying something to help someone remember or to encourage them to act.
the action of persuading, encouraging, or reminding an individual to perform a specific action or speech.
Simple“With a little prompting from his wife, he finally told the story.”
In context“The witness required constant prompting from the lawyer to recall the specific sequence of events that occurred on the night of the accident.”
SynonymsAntonymsdiscouragementdeterrence - 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
the act of typing instructions into an AI to get a specific result.
the technical process of inputting specific textual or multimodal instructions into an artificial intelligence system to elicit a desired output.
Simple“Effective prompting is the key to getting high-quality images from the AI.”
In context“The researcher spent hours refining his prompting techniques to ensure the large language model produced unbiased and factually accurate summaries.”
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Usage prompting evacuations
“The three fled to Islamabad, Pakistan, with Sara's five siblings, the day before her body was found, prompting an international manhunt.”
“There's a bare-legged backlash in Tokyo where officials encouraged men to swap suits for shorts at work , prompting complaints about hairy legs in the office.”