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WordNet-Online
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Adjective prompt has 4 senses
- on time, prompt - according to schedule or without delay; "they were always on time"; "a prompt reply"
Antonym: unpunctual (indirect, via punctual)
- expeditious, prompt, timesaving - characterized by speed and efficiency
Antonym: inefficient (indirect, via efficient)
- prompt - quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready) response"; "a prompt smile"
Antonym: unready (indirect, via ready)
- immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway - performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
Antonym: slow (indirect, via fast)
Noun prompt has 2 senses
- prompt, prompting - a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"
--1 is a kind of cue
- prompt, command prompt - (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
--2 is a kind of electronic communication
Verb prompt has 3 senses
- motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
--1 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentence:
They prompt him to write the letter
- prompt, inspire, instigate - serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
--2 is one way to induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sample sentence:
They prompt him to write the letter
- prompt, remind, cue - assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
--3 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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