PROMPT
\pɹˈɒmpt], \pɹˈɒmpt], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_m_p_t]\
Definitions of PROMPT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
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(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
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characterized by speed and efficiency
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performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
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according to schedule or without delay; "they were always on time"; "a prompt reply"
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quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready) response"; "a prompt smile"
By Princeton University
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give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
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(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
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characterized by speed and efficiency
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performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
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according to schedule or without delay; "they were always on time"; "a prompt reply"
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quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready) response"; "a prompt smile"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
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To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
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To suggest; to dictate.
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To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
By Oddity Software
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Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; immediate; done without delay.
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To rouse to action; to suggest; remind (a speaker) when at a loss for words.
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Promptly.
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Promptness, prompter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Promptly.
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Prepared: ready: acting with alacrity: cheerful: unhesitating.
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PROMPTNESS.
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To incite: to move to action: to assist a speaker when at a loss for words: to suggest.
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PROMPTER.
By Daniel Lyons
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Promptly.
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PROMPTNESS.
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PROMPTER.
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To incite; instigate; help by suggestion; suggest.
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Acting, or ready to act, at the moment.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman