Prompt
[prɒm(p)t] or [prɑmpt]
Definition
(noun.) (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command.
(noun.) a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); 'the audience could hear his prompting'.
(verb.) serve as the inciting cause of; 'She prompted me to call my relatives'.
(verb.) assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.
(adj.) according to schedule or without delay; on time; 'the train is prompt' .
(adj.) ready and willing or quick to act; 'she is always prompt to help her friends'; .
Typist: Molly--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
(v. t.) To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
(v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.
(v. t.) To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Ready, quick, apt.[2]. Early, timely, punctual.
v. a. [1]. Incite, induce, stimulate, impel, engage, incline, dispose, urge, set on, draw on.[2]. Put in mind, give the cue to.[3]. Dictate, suggest, hint.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ready, alert, responsive, active, quick, brisk, apt, unhesitating
ANT:Unready, sluggish, irresponsive, inactive
Checked by Barlow
Definition
adj. prepared: ready and willing: acting with alacrity: cheerful: unhesitating: (obs.) inclined disposed.—v.t. to incite: to move to action: to assist a speaker when at a loss for words: to suggest to the mind.—n. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased the limit being stated on the prompt-note the note of reminder.—ns. Prompt′-book a copy of a play arranged for the prompter's use; Prompt′er; Prompt′ing the act of prompting or suggesting: that which is prompted or suggested; Prompt′itūde promptness: readiness: willingness: quickness of decision and action.—adv. Prompt′ly.—ns. Prompt′ness; Prompt′ūary a magazine repository a handbook; Prompt′ūre (Shak.) suggestion: instigation.
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Examples
- But now, at hunting and hawking, and each idle sport of wood and river, who so prompt as the Templars in all these fond vanities? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Except for his prompt pursuit, so much in this way would not have been accomplished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Matthew, sceptic and scoffer, had already failed to subscribe a prompt belief in that pain about the heart. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If they do not themselves find it out, I see no reason why I should prompt them to take a broader point of view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Besides, we must be prompt, for this marriage may mean a complete change in her life and habits. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- That the oldest had still hopes of living one day longer, and looked on death as the greatest evil, from which nature always prompted him to retreat. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- All the other enterprizes of the Spaniards in the New World, subsequent to those of Columbus, seem to have been prompted by the same motive. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The beneficent effect of their activities on the health and general welfare of the masses of the people bears witness to the sanity and worth of the culture th at prompted these activities. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- So, though I admire your genius and the spirit which prompted you to invent so excellent a machine, we shan’t require it here. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The excellent and considerate feelings which prompted Mr. Winkle to take this step can never be too highly appreciated or too warmly extolled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You need not be prompted to write with the appearance of sorrow for his disappointment. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In the latter case, you would expect that some prompting from outside would be needed to make so young a lad do such a thing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- These words are written under no prompting of idle self-contemplation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If he has had no visitors, that prompting must have come in letters; hence I try to find out who were his correspondents. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- More prompting was necessary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In any other man I should have thought that the prompting of a magnanimous and noble character. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- With much embarrassment and some prompting I made out to announce the object of the meeting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It fits like a circus tent, and a woman's head is hidden away in it like the man's who prompts the singers from his tin shed in the stage of an opera. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is what prompts children to say smart things, and do absurd ones, and in other ways show off when company is present. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And that you undertook to do what you might have done by this time, if you had made a prompter use of circumstances,' snarled Lammle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You were our audience and prompter. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It seems there is a little hole on the stage with a hood over it, in which the prompter sits when opera is given. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this instance it was not occupied, and I was given the position in the prompter's seat, and saw the whole ballet at close range. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Edited by Kelsey