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Definition of Prompt
1. Noun. A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken). "The audience could hear his prompting"
2. Verb. Give an incentive for action. "They prompt him to write the letter"; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
Exact synonyms: Actuate, Incite, Motivate, Move, Propel
Generic synonyms: Cause, Do, Make
Related verbs: Affect, Impress, Move, Strike, Move
Derivative terms: Act, Incitation, Incitement, Motivation, Motivation, Motivation, Motivative, Motivator, Motive, Propulsion
Generic synonyms: Cause, Do, Make
Related verbs: Affect, Impress, Move, Strike, Move
Derivative terms: Act, Incitation, Incitement, Motivation, Motivation, Motivation, Motivative, Motivator, Motive, Propulsion
3. Adjective. According to schedule or without delay; on time. "The train is prompt"
4. Noun. (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command.
Exact synonyms: Command Prompt
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Electronic Communication
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Electronic Communication
5. Verb. Serve as the inciting cause of. "They prompt him to write the letter"; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
Exact synonyms: Inspire, Instigate
Generic synonyms: Cause, Get, Have, Induce, Make, Stimulate
Derivative terms: Instigation, Instigation, Instigator, Prompting
Generic synonyms: Cause, Get, Have, Induce, Make, Stimulate
Derivative terms: Instigation, Instigation, Instigator, Prompting
6. Adjective. Ready and willing or quick to act. "She is always prompt to help her friends"
Similar to: Ready
7. Verb. Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.
Exact synonyms: Cue, Remind
Generic synonyms: Inform
Derivative terms: Cue, Prompter, Prompter, Prompting
Generic synonyms: Inform
Derivative terms: Cue, Prompter, Prompter, Prompting
8. Adjective. Performed with little or no delay. "A straightaway denial"
Exact synonyms: Immediate, Quick, Straightaway
Similar to: Fast
Derivative terms: Immediateness, Promptness, Quickness
Similar to: Fast
Derivative terms: Immediateness, Promptness, Quickness
Definition of Prompt
1. a. Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.
2. n. A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
3. v. t. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
Definition of Prompt
1. quick to act or respond [adj PROMPTER, PROMPTEST] / to induce to action [v -ED, -ING, -S]