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prompt
(pr/A/mpt )

adjective (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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The audience could hear his prompting.
    Synonym:
    prompting
    source: wordnet30
  • (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    command prompt
    source: wordnet30
  • A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • according to schedule or without delay; on time(adj.all)
    Example:
    The train is prompt.
    source: wordnet30
  • ready and willing or quick to act(adj.all)
    Example:
    She is always prompt to help her friends.
    source: wordnet30
  • performed with little or no delay(adj.all)
    Example:
    A prompt reply.
    Synonym:
    immediate, quick, straightaway
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • give an incentive for action(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    actuate, incite, motivate, move, propel
    source: wordnet30
  • serve as the inciting cause of(verb.communication)
    Example:
    She prompted me to call my relatives.
    Synonym:
    inspire, instigate
    source: wordnet30
  • assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    cue, remind
    source: wordnet30
  • To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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