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- [prompt]
- /prɒmpt/
- /prɒmpt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [prompt]
- /prɒmpt/
Definitions of prompt word
- adjective prompt done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply. 1
- adjective prompt ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands. 1
- adjective prompt quick or alert: prompt to take offense. 1
- abbreviation PROMPT punctual. 1
- verb with object prompt to move or induce to action: What prompted you to say that? 1
- verb with object prompt to occasion or incite; inspire: What prompted his resignation? 1
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Origin of prompt
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (v.) Middle English < Medieval Latin prōmptāre to incite, Latin: to distribute, frequentative of prōmere to bring out, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + (e)mere to take, buy; (adj.) late Middle English < Latin promptus ready, prompt, special use of past participle of prōmere
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Prompt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prompt popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
prompt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prompt
verb prompt
- act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- actuate — If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- advise — If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
- be-thought — simple past tense and past participle of bethink.
adj prompt
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- apt — An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
- asap — asap is an abbreviation for 'as soon as possible'.
- at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
adv prompt
- before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- bright and early — very early in the morning
- early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- in advance — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- in good time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
noun prompt
- cue — In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
- in the wind — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
- indirect question — An indirect question is the same as a reported question.
- ins — (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
- leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
adjective prompt
- direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- expeditious — Done with speed and efficiency.
- expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- express — By express train or delivery service.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
Antonyms for prompt
adj prompt
- behind time — late
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- in a bind — in a difficult situation
- last-minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
adjective prompt
noun prompt
- imprompt — Not prompt; delayed.
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