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Narrator: Today's word is "Nonsmoker" — noun, pronounced /ˌnɒnˈsməʊkə/, with the stress on "smo".
Narrator: A nonsmoker is a person who does not smoke tobacco.
Narrator: In plain English, a nonsmoker is someone who doesn't smoke — like preferring a nonsmoker section in a restaurant.
Narrator: It comes from the prefix non-, meaning not, and smoker, from the Old English smoca, smoke.
Narrator: "A nonsmoker section" describes an area reserved for people who do not smoke.
Narrator: It differs from ex-smoker because a nonsmoker never smoked, whereas an ex-smoker used to.
Narrator: "A lifelong nonsmoker" is a sense meaning someone who has never smoked.
Narrator: Health, hospitality, social life, medicine and everyday speech all rely on the word nonsmoker.
Narrator: So remember: a nonsmoker doesn't smoke, from non- and smoker.
Speaker A: What is a nonsmoker?
Speaker B: A non-smoking person! NONSMOKER comes from non- not and smoker, from the Old English smoca, smoke, so it means a person who does not smoke.
Speaker A: So a nonsmoker section is for non-smokers?
Speaker B: Yes — no smoking allowed!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A nonsmoker section"; "a lifelong nonsmoker"; "nonsmoker rights" — area, person and advocacy.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't write nonsmoker as two words, because it's one word: nonsmoker.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Ex-smoker' the former cousin, 'smoker' the opposite twin, 'teetotaller' the drinking alternative. The word keeps its clean charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "nonsmoker" in AI prompts — useful for health apps and hospitality tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame health?
Speaker B: Right. For a health app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide to nonsmoker benefits, naming two advantages.
Speaker A: How about a hospitality tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to advise:
Prompt: Draft a guide to nonsmoker sections, naming two features.
Speaker A: Could it help with a lifestyle bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame choices:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences why being a nonsmoker matters, naming one benefit.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a health chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short note on nonsmoker rights, naming one example.
Nonsmoker — meaning in Arabic & definition More N courses GL Dictionary