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  • noun Plural form of prompt.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prompt.

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Examples

  • One commenter, with the surname Finger, says she's had to do early damage control when she's gone in for job interviews since a search of her name prompts association with adult content.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Dakshana Bascaramurty 2011

  • It could be a nice ego boost when a search of your name prompts the autocomplete "Janice Roberts single" from potential admirers, no?

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Dakshana Bascaramurty 2011

  • It assumes, of course, that the students are already well “trained” in conventional drilling, and will respond quickly to prompts from the teacher.

    L is for Lockstep « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • In the speech business, the things the system says are called the prompts.

    Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009

  • The installer looks for the device forever, the reset never again prompts any response, nothing every happens.

    Old Bones Don’t Lie 2006

  • The installer looks for the device forever, the reset never again prompts any response, nothing every happens.

    The Return of the mobiBLU 2006

  • Wonder if this call prompts an investigation into Walker's actual ties to the Koch Brothers and their friends; just the suggestion of impropriety here should make journalists, if not the state attorney general's office, dig in the weeds.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • He said the choice of an XYZ VM 3500 CNC/manual bed mill was based on the ease with which its Prototrak CNC could be programmed simply by following plain English prompts, and being able to use the Traking facility to manually wind the machine through the entire program to check for problems before beginning the machining process.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • He said the choice of an XYZ VM 3500 CNC/manual bed mill was based on the ease with which its Prototrak CNC could be programmed simply by following plain English prompts, and being able to use the Traking facility to manually wind the machine through the entire program to check for problems before beginning the machining process.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • He said the choice of an XYZ VM 3500 CNC/manual bed mill was based on the ease with which its Prototrak CNC could be programmed simply by following plain English prompts, and being able to use the Traking facility to manually wind the machine through the entire program to check for problems before beginning the machining process.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

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