prompt
(prŏmpt)
[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.]
adjective: prompt·er, prompt·est.
- Being on time; punctual.
- Carried out or performed without delay: a prompt reply.
transitive verb: 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.
noun
- The act of prompting or giving a cue.
- A reminder or cue.
- Computer Science A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
- Business
- A prompt note.
- The time limit stipulated in a prompt note.
derivatives
- prompt́er
- noun
- promṕti·tudé
- noun
- prompt́ly
- adverb
