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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
prompt
adj 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, prompt, quick,
straightaway]
n 1: a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the
next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his
prompting" [syn: prompt, prompting]
2: (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer
screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a
command [syn: prompt, command prompt]
v 1: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice
my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move,
prompt, incite]
2: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my
relatives" [syn: prompt, inspire, instigate]
3: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
prompt, remind, cue]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Prompt \Prompt\ (pr[o^]mt; 215), a. [Compar. Prompter; superl.
Promptest.] [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought
forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand,
ready, quick, -- p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro
forth + emere to take. See Redeem. ]
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1. 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.
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Very discerning and prompt in giving orders.
--Clarendon.
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Tell him I am prompt
To lay my crown at's feet. --Shak.
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And you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies.
--Dryden.
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2. Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given
without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as,
prompt assistance.
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When Washington heard the voice of his country in
distress,
his obedience was prompt. --Ames.
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3. Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.]
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The reception of the light into the body of the
building was very prompt. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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Syn: Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble.
Usage: Prompt, Ready, Expeditious. One who is ready is
prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts
at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through
an undertaking with constant promptness.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prompting.]
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1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to
instigate; to incite.
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God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the
infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. To suggest; to dictate.
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And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams.
--Pope.
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3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics
forgotten.
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Thesaurus Results for prompt:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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