prompt

Meanings

Adjective

• Quick; acting without delay.
• On time; punctual.
• Ready; willing to act.

Noun

• A reminder or cue.
• A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
• A sequence of characters that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
• A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.

Verb

• To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
• To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
• To initiate; to cause or lead to.

Related

Similar words

• good to go, yare

Origin

• From French prompt, from Latin prōmptus ("visible, apparent, evident"), past participle of prōmō, from prō + emō.