'Prompt' definitions:

Definition of 'prompt'

(from WordNet)
adjective
According to schedule or without delay; on time; "the train is prompt"
adjective
Ready and willing or quick to act; "she is always prompt to help her friends";
adjective
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]
noun
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]
noun
(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]
verb
Give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite]
verb
Serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives" [syn: prompt, inspire, instigate]
verb
Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn: prompt, remind, cue]

Definition of 'Prompt'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. ] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Very discerning and prompt in giving orders. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at's feet. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • And you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance. [1913 Webster]
  • When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt. --Ames. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Prompt'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Prompt'

From: GCIDE
  • Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. [1913 Webster]
  • God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To suggest; to dictate. [1913 Webster]
  • And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'prompt'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Prompt'