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adjective
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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.
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?
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to assist (a person speaking) by suggesting something to be said.
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Theater. to supply (an actor, singer, etc.) from offstage with a missed cue or forgotten line.
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So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
verb (used without object)
9.
Theater. to supply forgotten lines, lyrics, or the like to an actor, singer, etc.
noun
Idiom10.
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.
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the act of prompting.
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something serving to suggest or remind.
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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.
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take a prompt, (in acting) to move or speak in response to a cue.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) Middle English < Medieval Latin prōmptāre to incite, Latin: to distribute, frequentative of prōmere to bring out, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + (e)mere to take, buy; (adj.) late Middle English < Latin promptus ready, prompt, special use of past participle of prōmere
1300–50; (v.) Middle English < Medieval Latin prōmptāre to incite, Latin: to distribute, frequentative of prōmere to bring out, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + (e)mere to take, buy; (adj.) late Middle English < Latin promptus ready, prompt, special use of past participle of prōmere
Related forms
prompt·ly, adverb
prompt·ness, noun
o·ver·prompt, adjective
o·ver·prompt·ly, adverb
o·ver·prompt·ness, noun
EXPANDqua·si-prompt, adjective
qua·si-prompt·ly, adverb
un·prompt, adjective
un·prompt·ly, adverb
un·prompt·ness, noun
un·prompt·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
5. urge, spur, instigate, impel.
5. urge, spur, instigate, impel.
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Word Origin & History
prompt
mid-14c., from O.Fr. prompt (early 13c.), 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 early 15c.
EXPAND The adj. is first recorded early 15c.
COLLAPSE
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