Prompt

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  • adjective. Being on time; punctual.
  • adjective. Carried out or performed without delay.
  • transitive verb. To move to act; spur; incite.
  • transitive verb. To give rise to; inspire.
  • transitive verb. To assist with a reminder; remind.
  • transitive verb. To assist (an actor or reciter) by providing the next words of a forgotten passage; cue.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of prompting or giving a cue.
  • noun. A reminder or cue.
  • noun. A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Ready; quick to act as occasion demands; acting with cheerful alacrity; ready and willing: as, prompt in obedience or compliance.
  • Given or performed without delay; quick; ready; not delayed.
  • Hasty; forward; abrupt.
  • Inclined or disposed.
  • Synonyms Early, timely, punctual.
  • noun. In com., a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder called a prompt-note.
  • noun. Information suggested or prompted.
  • To move or excite to action; incite; instigate.
  • To assist (a learner or speaker) by suggesting something forgotten or imperfectly learned or known, or by pronouncing the words next in order: as, to prompt a pupil; to prompt an actor.
  • To dictate; suggest to the mind; inspire.
  • To remind; put (one) in mind.
  • Synonyms Actuate, Impel, Induce, etc.(see actuate), incline, dispose, suggest to. See list under impel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See prompt-note.
  • adjective. 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; ; -- said of persons.
  • adjective. Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct.
  • adjective. Easy; unobstructed.
  • transitive verb. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
  • transitive verb. To suggest; to dictate.
  • transitive verb. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Ready, willing (to act).
  • adjective. Quick, acting without delay.
  • adjective. On time, punctual.
  • noun. A reminder or cue
  • noun. A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
  • noun. A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
  • verb. To lead someone toward what they should say or do.
  • verb. - to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. according to schedule or without delay; on time
  • noun. (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
  • adjective. ready and willing or quick to act
  • noun. a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
  • adjective. performed with little or no delay
  • verb. give an incentive for action
  • verb. serve as the inciting cause of
  • verb. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
  • Word Usage
    "It also welcomed what it called the prompt release of the results."
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