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promptness

Variant of prompt

adjective

  1. quick to act or to do what is required; ready, punctual, etc.
  2. done, spoken, etc. at once or without delay

noun

  1. Commerce
    1. the time limit specified for the payment of an account
    2. the contract in which the due date is specified
  2. an act of prompting; reminder
  3. Comput. a message on a video screen that requests the operator to enter information or a command

transitive verb

  1. to urge into action; provoke
  2. to remind (a person) of something he or she has forgotten; specif., to help (an actor, etc. who has forgotten a line) with a cue
  3. to move or inspire by suggestion
  4. Comput. to request information with a prompt ()

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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