About The Word Prompt
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Prompt
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What's The Definition Of Prompt?
[n] (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
[n] a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting" [adj] characterized by speed and efficiency [adj] performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" [adj] according to schedule or without delay; "they were always on time"; "a prompt reply" [adj] quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready) response"; "a prompt smile" [v] serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives" [v] assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [v] give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prompt: actuate | command prompt | cue | efficient | expeditious | fast | immediate | incite | inspire | instigate | motivate | move | on time | prompting | propel | punctual | quick | ready | remind | straightaway | timesaving Related Terms | Find terms related to Prompt: See Also | cause | cause | cue | do | electronic communication | get | have | induce | inform | make | make | stimulate Prompt In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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.
\Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prompting}.] 1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To suggest; to dictate. And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope. 3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. |
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