prompt

From French prompt, from Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɒmpt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɑmpt/
• Rhymes: -ɒmpt

prompt (comparative more prompt, superlative most prompt)

1. Quick; acting without delay.

   He was very prompt at getting a new job.

2. On time; punctual.

   Be prompt for your appointment.

3. (archaic) Ready; willing to act.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, Antony & Cleopatra, III.8:

     Tell him, I am prompt / To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele.

• promptness
• promptly

prompt (plural prompts)

1. A reminder or cue.
2. (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
   • John Stuart Mill

     To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months.

3. (computing) A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.

   I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen but my account wasn't recognized.

4. (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.

prompt (third-person singular simple present prompts, present participle prompting, simple past and past participle prompted)

1. (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.

   I prompted him to get a new job.

2. (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.

   If he forgets his words I will prompt him.

3. (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
   • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC‎:

     The only sour note on a virtually perfect night for England came from shameful 'monkey' chanting aimed at Ashley Cole and Ashley Young from a section of Bulgaria's fans which later prompted an official complaint from the Football Association to Uefa.

   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:

     On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.

• See also Thesaurus:advise

• prompter

• prompt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prompt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• prompt at OneLook Dictionary Search

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prompt

1. immediately

   Hij betaalde prompt.

   He paid promptly.

   Synonym: meteen

Inherited from Latin promptus.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ̃/, /pʁɔ̃t/, /pʁɔ̃pt/

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prompt (feminine singular prompte, masculine plural prompts, feminine plural promptes)

1. prompt, swift, quick
2. (Louisiana) curt

• “prompt” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin prōmptus, past participle of prōmō (“I take, bring out, produce, bring to light”).

prompt m

1. (Jersey) hasty

• promptément (“hastily”)

• prompte

From French prompt, from Latin promptus, from promere (“bring out”)

prompt

1. quickly and punctually; promptly

prompt (singular and plural prompt, comparative mer prompt, superlative mest prompt)

1. quick and punctual; prompt

• “prompt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “prompt” in The Ordnett Dictionary