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prompt

[prompt] Pronunciation Key adjective, -er, -est, verb, noun

–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.

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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prompt (prŏmpt) Pronunciation Key
adj. prompt·er, prompt·est

Being on time; punctual.
Carried out or performed without delay: a prompt reply.

tr.v. prompt·ed, prompt·ing, prompts

To move to act; spur; incite: A noise prompted the guard to go back and investigate.
To give rise to; inspire: The accident prompted a review of school safety policy.
To assist with a reminder; remind.
To assist (an actor or reciter) by providing the next words of a forgotten passage; cue.

1. The act of prompting or giving a cue.
2. A reminder or cue.
3. A prompt note.
4. The time limit stipulated in a prompt note.
Computer Science A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
Business
1. A prompt note.
2. The time limit stipulated in a prompt note.

[Middle English, ready, from Old French, from Latin prōmptus, from past participle of prōmere, to bring forth : prō-, forth; see pro-¹ + emere, to take, obtain; see em- in Indo-European roots.]

prompt'er n., promp'ti·tude' (prŏmp'tĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd'), prompt'ness (prŏmpt'nĭs) n., prompt'ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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prompt
adjective
1.	according to schedule or without delay; on time; "the train is prompt"
2.	ready and willing or quick to act; "she is always prompt to help her friends";
3.	performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" [syn: immediate]
noun
1.	a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"
2.	(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
verb
1.	give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate]
2.	serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
3.	assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

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Prompt

Prompt\, n. (Com.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months. --J. S. Mill.

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Prompt

Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting.]

1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.

God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor.

2. To suggest; to dictate.

And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope.

3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

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