prompt
verb
[ prɒm(p)t ]
• (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).
• "the violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country"
Similar:
give rise to,
bring about,
cause,
occasion,
result in,
lead to,
elicit,
produce,
bring on,
engender,
induce,
call forth,
evoke,
precipitate,
trigger,
spark off,
provoke,
instigate,
• encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something.
• "‘And the picture?’ he prompted"
Similar:
remind,
cue,
give someone a cue,
help out,
coach,
feed,
jog someone's memory,
refresh someone's memory,
prompt
noun
• an act of encouraging a hesitating speaker.
• "with barely a prompt, Barbara talked on"
• the time limit for the payment of an account, stated on a prompt note.
prompt
adjective
• done without delay; immediate.
• "she would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen"
Similar:
quick,
swift,
rapid,
speedy,
fast,
direct,
immediate,
instant,
instantaneous,
expeditious,
early,
punctual,
in good time,
on time,
timely,
ready,
willing,
eager,
unhesitating,
rathe,
prompt
adverb
• exactly (with reference to a specified time).
• "I set off at three-thirty prompt"
Similar:
exactly,
precisely,
sharp,
on the dot,
dead,
dead on,
promptly,
punctually,
on the nail,
bang on,
spot on,
on the button,
on the nose,
on the knocker,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): based on Old French prompt or Latin promptus ‘brought to light’, also ‘prepared, ready’, past participle of promere ‘to produce’, from pro- ‘out, forth’ + emere ‘take’.
