Prompt | Mean of prompt in English Dictionary

/ˈprɑːmpt/

• Verb
• to cause (someone) to do something
1. Curiosity prompted her to ask a few questions.
• to be the cause of (something)
1. Pride prompted his angry response.
2. The evidence prompted a criminal investigation.
• to say (something that encourages a person to talk)
1. “Did you hear me?” he prompted when his friend did not respond to his first question.

• to say the lines of a play to (an actor who has forgotten them)
1. The actor had to be prompted by someone who was standing offstage.
• to show a message that tells (a user) to do something
1. The computer/program prompted me to type in a number.
• done or given without delay
1. The victims need prompt [=immediate] medical assistance.
2. We always get prompt service at that restaurant.
3. He was offered prompt access to the data he needed.
• arriving or doing something at the expected time or without delay
1. They were very prompt about responding to my request.
2. Please try to be prompt [=punctual] about keeping appointments.
• Noun
• the lines of a play that are said to an actor who has forgotten them
1. The actor was given a prompt by someone offstage.
• a message that appears on a computer screen asking the user to do something or to provide information
1. a computer prompt
• exactly at the time stated
1. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. prompt. [=(US) sharp]