prompt Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
prompting.
- the audience could hear his prompting
noun (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
command prompt.
verb give an incentive for action
motivate; propel; incite; move; actuate.
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
verb serve as the inciting cause of
inspire; instigate.
- She prompted me to call my relatives
verb assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
remind; cue.
adjective satellite according to schedule or without delay; on time
- the train is prompt
adjective satellite ready and willing or quick to act;
- she is always prompt to help her friends
adjective satellite performed with little or no delay
quick; straightaway; immediate.
- an immediate reply to my letter
- a prompt reply
- was quick to respond
- a straightaway denial

(Com.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months. J. S. Mill.

imperfect & past participle Prompted; present participle & verbal noun Prompting

To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. Jer. Taylor.
To suggest; to dictate.
And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. Pope.
To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.