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PROMPT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
Synonyms:
command prompt; prompt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prompt" is a kind of...):
electronic communication (communication by computer)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
Example:
the audience could hear his prompting
Synonyms:
prompt; prompting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prompt" is a kind of...):
cue (an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech)
Derivation:
prompt (assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Performed with little or no delay
Example:
a straightaway denial
Synonyms:
immediate; prompt; quick; straightaway
Classified under:
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Derivation:
promptness (the characteristic of doing things without delay)
Sense 2
Meaning:
According to schedule or without delay; on time
Example:
the train is prompt
Classified under:
Similar:
on time; punctual (acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed)
Derivation:
promptness (the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Ready and willing or quick to act
Example:
she is always prompt to help her friends
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
ready (completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress)
Derivation:
promptness (the characteristic of doing things without delay)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they prompt ... he / she / it prompts
Past simple: prompted
Past participle: prompted
-ing form: prompting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serve as the inciting cause of
Example:
She prompted me to call my relatives
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "prompt" is one way to...):
cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They prompt him to write the letter
Derivation:
prompting (persuasion formulated as a suggestion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
Synonyms:
cue; prompt; remind
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "prompt" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
prompt (a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken))
prompter (a device that displays words for people to read)
prompter (someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech)
prompting (a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Give an incentive for action
Example:
This moved me to sacrifice my career
Synonyms:
actuate; incite; motivate; move; prompt; propel
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "prompt" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Verb group:
affect; impress; move; strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon)
move (arouse sympathy or compassion in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They prompt him to write the letter
Context examples:
It is an emergency medical condition that requires prompt medical attention and treatment.
(Peritonitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Prompt initiation of treatment improves survival though prognosis remains poor even with intervention.
(Hemophagocytic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with a device prompting user with an error message in order to indicate a device problem.
(Error Message Given Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
The event prompted numerous changes in the lakes, streams and soils of the region over the following decade.
(Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctica's Dry Valleys, National Science Foundation)
Both experimental vaccines, called VRC5283 and VRC5288, were engineered to prompt cells to produce the Zika virus structural proteins premembrane (prM) and envelope (E).
(DNA vaccines protect monkeys against Zika virus, NIH)
The medical specialty concerned with the prompt diagnosis and treatment of injuries, trauma, or sudden illness.
(Emergency Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)
The promised letter of thanks from Mr. Collins arrived on Tuesday, addressed to their father, and written with all the solemnity of gratitude which a twelvemonth's abode in the family might have prompted.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Emma hoped it must rapidly work Harriet's cure; but the sensations which could prompt such behaviour sunk them both very much.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA’s Opportunity rover to suspend science operations.
(Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze, NASA)
He always arrived back lean and hungry and savage, and always departed fresh and vigorous, cleaving his way northward in response to some prompting of his being that no one could understand.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
