Word Frequency
prompt (prɒmpt
)
Definitions
adjective
- performed or executed without delay
- quick or ready to act or respond
adverb
- (informal) punctually
verb
- tr to urge (someone to do something)
- to remind (an actor, singer, etc) of lines forgotten during a performance
- tr to refresh the memory of
- tr to give rise to by suggestion ⇒
his affairs will prompt discussion
noun
- (business)
- the time limit allowed for payment of the debt incurred by purchasing goods or services on credit
- the contract specifying this time limit
- Also called: prompt note. a memorandum sent to a purchaser to remind him of the time limit and the sum due
- the act of prompting
- anything that serves to remind
- an aid to the operator of a computer in the form of a question or statement that appears on the screen showing that the equipment is ready to proceed and indicating the options available
Derived Forms
ˈpromptly adverbˈpromptness noun
Word Origin
C15: from Latin promptus evident, from prōmere to produce, from pro-1 + emere to buyTranslations for 'prompt'
- British English: prompt A prompt action is done without any delay.Prompt action is needed.prɒmpt ADJECTIVE
- Arabic: يُحَفِّز
- Brazilian Portuguese: pronto pronta
- Chinese: 迅速的
- Croatian: pravovremen pravovremena
- Czech: promptní
- Danish: øjeblikkelig
- Dutch: prompt
- European Spanish: pronto prontarápido
- Finnish: pikainen
- French: rapide
- German: unverzüglich
- Greek: ταχύς ταχεία
- Italian: puntuale
- Japanese: 即座の
- Korean: 즉각적인
- Norwegian: rask
- Polish: szybki szybka
- Portuguese: pronto pronta
- Romanian: rapid rapidă, rapizi, rapide
- Russian: немедленный немедленная
- Spanish: pronto prontapresto, listo
- Swedish: omgående
- Thai: ทันที
- Turkish: çabuk
- Ukrainian: миттєвий
- Vietnamese: nhanh chóng
- British English: prompt To prompt someone to do something means to make them decide to do it. VERBThe recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars.
- Brazilian Portuguese: impelir
- Chinese: 促使
- European Spanish: empujar a
- French: inciter
- German: veranlassen
- Italian: spingere
- Japanese: 促す
- Korean: > 자극하다~하도록
- Portuguese: impelir
- Spanish: empujar a
Example Sentences Including 'prompt'
And then there was 2000, when New York lost two games in a row at home to fall to 7-4 and prompt Fassel to guarantee a playoff appearance.Globe and Mail (2003)
Believing in and empowering yourself THINK of your personal inventory as a prompt for an MOT.Belfast Telegraph (2004)
But the highly publicized confrontation helped to prompt Queen's Park to establish a commission to examine education financing.Globe and Mail (2003)
Failure to respond to topical treatment within four to eight weeks should automatically prompt a change in treatment.British Medical Journal (2002)
Not a question, nor a statement, just a prompt for more information.A Nasty Dose of Death
Some you'll know, even if you don't remember them... I'll prompt you.Somewhere East of Life
The UK agreement is likely to prompt other European governments to construct a similar package for their carriers.Glasgow Herald (2001)
They have also done little to insist on prompt answers to parliamentary questions.The Government and Politics of France
Without your prompt action there probably would have been no investigation.Doubtful Motives
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