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PROMPT
immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway
(adjective) performed with little or no delay; “an immediate reply to my letter”; “a prompt reply”; “was quick to respond”; “a straightaway denial”
prompt
(adjective) according to schedule or without delay; on time; “the train is prompt”
prompt
(adjective) ready and willing or quick to act; “she is always prompt to help her friends”
prompt, command prompt
(noun) (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
prompt, prompting
(noun) a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); “the audience could hear his prompting”
prompt, inspire, instigate
(verb) serve as the inciting cause of; “She prompted me to call my relatives”
prompt, remind, cue
(verb) assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
(verb) give an incentive for action; “This moved me to sacrifice my career”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
prompt (comparative more prompt, superlative most prompt)
Quick; acting without delay.
On time; punctual.
(archaic) Ready; willing to act.
Synonyms
• (acting without delay): hasty; see also prompt
• (on time): timely; see also punctual
• (willing to act): good to go, yare
Noun
prompt (plural prompts)
A reminder or cue.
(business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
(computing) A sequence of characters that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
(writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
Verb
prompt (third-person singular simple present prompts, present participle prompting, simple past and past participle prompted)
(transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
(transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
(transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
Synonyms
• See also advise
Source: Wiktionary
Prompt, a. [Compar. Prompter; superl. Promptest.] Etym: [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, -- p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + emere to take. See Redeem. ]
1. Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons. Very discerning and prompt in giving orders. Clarendon. Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at's feet. Shak. Any you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies. Dryden.
2. Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance. When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt. Ames.
3. Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.] The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. Sir H. Wotton.
Syn.
– Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble.
– Prompt, Ready, Expeditious. One who is ready is prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through an undertaking with constant promptness.
Prompt, n. (Com.)
Definition: A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note. To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months. J. S. Mill.
Prompt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting.]
1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. Jer. Taylor.
2. To suggest; to dictate. And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. Pope.
3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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