prompt

 prompt (verb) ˈpräm(p)t prompted; prompting; prompts

Synonyms of prompt

transitive verb

1: to move to action : INCITE

2: to assist (one acting or reciting) by suggesting or saying the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned : CUE

3: to serve as the inciting cause of

evidence prompting an investigation

prompter noun

prompt

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adjective (1)

: of or relating to prompting actors

prompt

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adjective (2)

1

: being ready and quick to act as occasion demands

2

: performed readily or immediately

prompt assistance

promptness 

ˈpräm(p)t-nəs 

ˈprämp-nəs

 noun

prompt

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noun

pluralprompts ˈpräm(p)ts  ˈprämps

1

[prompt entry 1] : something that prompts : REMINDER

2

[prompt entry 3] : a limit of time given for payment of an account for goods purchased

also : the contract by which this time is fixed