Prompt word meaning and definition

[noun] (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
[noun] a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"
[adjective] characterized by speed and efficiency
[adjective] performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
[adjective] according to schedule or without delay; "they were always on time"; "a prompt reply"
[adjective] quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready) response"; "a prompt smile"
[verb] serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
[verb] assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
[verb] give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

\Prompt\, n. (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.
\Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prompting}.] 1. 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. 2. To suggest; to dictate. And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope. 3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

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