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prompt
[ prompt ]
adjective
- done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay:
I emailed them asking about my package and they gave a prompt reply.
- ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands:
They were trained to be prompt and competent for any emergency.
- quick or alert:
You're too prompt to take offense.
She's never prompt in arriving for work, yet she's always the first to leave at the end of the day.
verb (used with object)
- to move or induce to action:
What prompted you to say that?
Synonyms: , , ,
- to occasion or incite; inspire:
What prompted his resignation?
- to assist (a person speaking) by suggesting something to be said:
It's obvious that this witness has been prompted into giving false testimony.
- Theater. to supply (an actor, singer, etc.) from offstage with a missed cue or forgotten line:
I focused on prompting our Cyrano, who had become strangely disoriented.
- Computers. (of a computer system) to send a message or symbol to (a user) requesting information or instructions, usually by displaying the message or symbol on a screen:
Once the home page has loaded, the computer will prompt you to log in to your account.
- Computers, Digital Technology. to request particular output from (a machine learning algorithm) by means of instructions, questions, examples, context, or other input.
verb (used without object)
- Theater. to supply forgotten lines, lyrics, or the like to an actor, singer, etc.:
I've got a one-line walk-on in the first scene, but for the rest of the play, I'll be prompting.
noun
- the act of prompting.
- something serving to suggest or remind:
They send an email once a month, which is just the prompt I need to pay my bill on time.
- Commerce.
- a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder prompt note.
- the contract setting the time limit.
- Computers. a message or symbol from a computer system to a user, generally appearing on a display screen, requesting more information or indicating that the system is ready for user instructions:
When the prompt appears, provide your access code.
- Computers, Digital Technology. a sequence of inputs, often containing instructions, questions, examples, or context, used to request particular output from a machine learning algorithm.
prompt
/ 辫谤蓲尘辫迟 /
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
- commerce
- the time limit allowed for payment of the debt incurred by purchasing goods or services on credit
- the contract specifying this time limit
- Also calledprompt 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
- 藞辫谤辞尘辫迟苍别蝉蝉, noun
- 藞辫谤辞尘辫迟濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫谤辞尘辫迟路濒测 adverb
- 辫谤辞尘辫迟路苍别蝉蝉 noun
- 辞路惫别谤路辫谤辞尘辫迟 adjective
- 辩耻补路蝉颈-辫谤辞尘辫迟 adjective
- 耻苍路辫谤辞尘辫迟 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of prompt1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of prompt1
Idioms and Phrases
- take a prompt, (in acting) to move or speak in response to a cue.
Example Sentences
What鈥檚 getting newly registered cars on the road so fast is the fear that the Trump administration鈥檚 trade wars will starkly increase car prices, prompting motorists to buy new cars before the anticipated price hike.
Meiers, the Superior Court judge, issued a restraining order against the city on April 4 鈥 prompting officials to file an appeal.
The areas of Mandalay and Sagaing were hit especially hard by the earthquake on 28 March, which prompted a rare request from the Myanmar junta for foreign aid.
The move has already prompted Chinese retailers to raise their prices.
Cantor Fitzgerald manages Tether reserves and holds a convertible debt stake, which prompted conflict-of-interest and national security concerns when Lutnick was nominated commerce secretary.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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