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prompt

  [prompt] adjective, -er, -est, verb, noun
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–adjective
1. done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
2. ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands.
3. quick or alert: prompt to take offense.
4. punctual.
–verb (used with object)
5. to move or induce to action: What prompted you to say that?
6. to occasion or incite; inspire: What prompted his resignation?
7. to assist (a person speaking) by suggesting something to be said.
8. Theater. to supply (an actor, singer, etc.) from offstage with a missed cue or forgotten line.
–verb (used without object)
9. Theater. to supply forgotten lines, lyrics, or the like to an actor, singer, etc.
–noun
10. Commerce.
a. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note).
b. the contract setting the time limit.
11. the act of prompting.
12. something serving to suggest or remind.
13. Computers. a message or symbol from a computer system to a user, generally appearing on a display screen, requesting more information or indicating that the system is ready for user instructions.
—Idiom
14. take a prompt, (in acting) to move or speak in response to a cue.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) ME < ML prōmptāre to incite, L: to distribute, freq. of prōmere to bring out, equiv. to prō- pro- 1 + (e)mere to take, buy; (adj.) late ME < L promptus ready, prompt, special use of ptp. of prōmere

Related forms:
promptly, adverb
promptness, noun

Synonyms:
5. urge, spur, instigate, impel.
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Word Origin & History

prompt  (v.)
c.1340, from O.Fr. prompt (1219), from L. promptus "brought forth, at hand, ready, quick," prop. pp. of promere "to bring forth," from pro- "forward" + emere "to take" (see exempt). Theatrical sense of "to assist a speaker with lines" is first recorded 1428. The adj. is first recorded 1432.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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