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verb

Definition of promptsnext
present tense third-person singular of prompt
1
as in causes
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) a misguided pride prompted the family to refuse all offers of help

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as in urges
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action prompted the reluctant performer onto the stage with loud cheers and whistles

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prompts

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noun

plural of prompt
as in instructions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prompts
  1. urges
  2. instructions
  3. creates
  4. encourages
  5. reminders
  6. generates
  7. observations
  8. brings
Verb
  • If customers have purchased the product and are experiencing symptoms or adverse reactions, the DCC urges them to contact their physician immediately.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The invitation urges supporters to give Adams $3,700 each — a figure that exceeds the max $2,100 donors can contribute to a campaign participating in the city’s public matching funds program.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of urges
Noun
  • These types of applications allow workers to follow step-by-step instructions directly in their field of view, eliminating the need for flipping through bulky manuals or relying on supervisors for routine tasks.
    Georg Beyschlag, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • First United and Jones complained that the trustee overseeing the auction did not comply with Lopez’s instructions in the bankruptcy proceeding, as the bids were submitted under seal.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructions
Verb
  • This surplus of position players — a first-world problem, for sure — creates a roster jam almost everywhere except at catcher, which notably is the area where baseball president Jed Hoyer and general manager Carter Hawkins appear to be attempting to address.
    Phil Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Widely revered as one of fashion’s most talented couturiers, Galliano creates a world and a story behind his clothes.
    Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of creates
Verb
  • But by leveraging data, landlords and property management teams can better understand how to provide their tenants with office spaces that will be customized to meet their unique methods of working, as well as an onsite experience that encourages them to choose to routinely come into the office.
    Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • By analyzing customer data and testing various minimum order values, companies can find the sweet spot that encourages larger purchases while maintaining profitable operations.
    Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of encourages
Noun
  • All those are just reminders of the beautiful, beautiful day that could have been a really bad day.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Both apps have the same feature paywalls and review pop-up reminders as DaVinci AI.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of reminders
Verb
  • The problem is the hedge fund typically generates lots of taxable events that are not necessarily immediate income or asset value to the customer.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This all sounds a bit similar to the Pages feature offered by the AI search engine Perplexity, which generates a custom webpage based on your prompt.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of generates
Noun
  • The team is collecting more observations and hopes to take real-time data from Mars someday and use it to make predictions, much like weather forecasters do on Earth.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Now, new observations from the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has deepened this perplexing enigma.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of observations
Verb
  • But its ubiquitousness brings the scent somewhere between classic and basic, perhaps known by some to typify a certain metropolitan type.
    Rose Dommu, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
  • To say no one saw Bill Gates coming brings new meaning to understatement.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of brings
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