prompt
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
prompt
- Quick; acting without delay.
- He was very prompt at getting a new job.
- On time; punctual.
- Be prompt for your appointment.
- (archaic) Ready; willing to act.
- (acting without delay) hasty; see also Thesaurus:prompt
- (on time) timely; see also Thesaurus:punctual
- (willing to act) good to go, yare
prompt (plural prompts)
- A reminder or cue.
- (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
- To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months.
- (computing) A sequence of characters that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
- I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen but my account wasn't recognized.
- (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
- Italian: promemoria, segnale, avvertimento, scadenzario
- Russian: подска́зка
- Spanish: pie, entrada, señal
- French: invite de commande
- German: Eingabeaufforderung
- Italian: avvio di comando
- Russian: подска́зка
prompt (prompts, present participle prompting; past and past participle prompted)
- (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
- I prompted him to get a new job.
- (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
- If he forgets his words I will prompt him.
- (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, gbooks :
- On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, gbooks :
- See also Thesaurus:advise
- French: inciter
- German: anleiten, antreiben, anstacheln, veranlassen, bringen zu
- Italian: incitare, guidare, spingere
- Russian: побужда́ть
- Spanish: incitar
- German: vorsagen, vormachen (show actions)
- Italian: suggerire, imbeccare, dettare
- Russian: подска́зывать
- Spanish: apuntar
- French: causer
- German: verursachen
- Italian: causare
- Portuguese: verursachen, causar
- Spanish: causar
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