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- Dictionaryprompt/prɒm(p)t/
verb
- 1. (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling): "the violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country" Similar Opposite
- 2. encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something: "‘And the picture?’ he prompted" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of encouraging a hesitating speaker: "with barely a prompt, Barbara talked on"
- 2. the time limit for the payment of an account, stated on a prompt note.
adjective
- 1. done without delay; immediate: "she would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen"
adverb
- 1. exactly (with reference to a specified time): British "I set off at three-thirty prompt"
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PROMPT definition: 1. to make something happen: 2. to make someone decide to say or do something: 3. to help…. Learn more.
The meaning of PROMPT is to move to action : incite. How to use prompt in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Prompt. to move to action : incite… See the full definition ... 1768, in the meaning defined above. Adjective (2) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1. Noun. circa 1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1.
prompt (prŏmpt) adj. prompt·er, prompt·est 1. Being on time; punctual. 2. Carried out or performed without delay: a prompt reply. tr.v. prompt·ed, prompt·ing, prompts 1. To move to act; spur; incite: A noise prompted the guard to go back and investigate. 2. To give rise to; inspire: The accident prompted a review of school safety policy. 3. To ...
PROMPT meaning: 1. to make something happen: 2. to make someone decide to say or do something: 3. to help…. Learn more.
adjective. ready and willing or quick to act. “she is always prompt to help her friends” synonyms: ready. completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress. verb. give an incentive for action. synonyms: actuate, incentivize, incite, motivate, move, propel. affect, impress, move, strike.
If you prompt someone when they stop speaking, you encourage or help them to continue. If you prompt an actor, you tell them what their next line is when they have forgotten what comes next.
Prompt definition: done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay. See examples of PROMPT used in a sentence.
[transitive] to make somebody decide to do something; to cause something to happen synonym provoke. prompt something The discovery of the bomb prompted an increase in security. His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd.
PROMPT definition: 1. to cause something: 2. to cause someone to do something: 3. to help someone, often an actor…. Learn more.
adj. done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply. ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands. quick or alert: prompt to take offense. punctual. v.t. to move or induce to action: What prompted you to say that? to occasion or incite; inspire: What prompted his resignation?
