prompt
English
Etymology
From French prompt, from Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɒmpt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɑmpt/
- Rhymes: -ɒmpt
Adjective
Derived terms
Translations
quick
on time
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.
- John Stuart Mill
- To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months.
- John Stuart Mill
- (computing) A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
- I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen but my account wasn't recognized.
- (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
Translations
a reminder or cue
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a computer prompt
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.
- I prompted him to get a new job.
- (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
- If he forgets his words I will prompt him.
- (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
- The only sour note on a virtually perfect night for England came from shameful 'monkey' chanting aimed at Ashley Cole and Ashley Young from a section of Bulgaria's fans which later prompted an official complaint from the Football Association to Uefa.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
- On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:advise
Derived terms
Translations
to lead someone toward what they should say or do
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to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
Further reading
- prompt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prompt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prompt at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Pronunciation
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ̃/, /pʁɔ̃t/, /pʁɔ̃pt/
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Further reading
- “prompt” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
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