Prompt Definition
prŏmpt
prompted, promptest, prompting, prompts, prompter
adjective
promptest, prompter
Quick to act or to do what is required; ready, punctual, etc.
Webster's New World
Being on time; punctual.
American Heritage
Done, spoken, etc. at once or without delay.
Webster's New World
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verb
prompted, prompting, prompts
To move to act; spur; incite.
A noise prompted the guard to go back and investigate.
American Heritage
To urge into action; provoke.
Webster's New World
To move or inspire by suggestion.
Webster's New World
To assist with a reminder; remind.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World
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noun
prompts
The time limit specified for the payment of an account.
Webster's New World
An act of prompting; reminder.
Webster's New World
The contract in which the due date is specified.
Webster's New World
A reminder or cue.
Wiktionary
A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
American Heritage
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Origin of Prompt
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From Middle French prompt, from Latin promptus (“visible, apparent, evident, at hand, prepated, ready, quick, prompt, inclined, disposed"), past participle of promere (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light"), from pro (“forth, forward") + emere (“to take, acquire, buy").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English ready from Old French from Latin prōmptus from past participle of prōmere to bring forth prō- forth pro–1 emere to take, obtain em- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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