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prompt

English

🔊 according to schedule or without delay
“the train is prompt”
🔊 ready and willing or quick to act
“she is always prompt to help her friends”
🔊 performed with little or no delay
“an immediate reply to my letter”
🔊 (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
🔊 a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
“the audience could hear his prompting”
🔊 serve as the inciting cause of
“She prompted me to call my relatives”
🔊 assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
🔊 give an incentive for action
“This moved me to sacrifice my career”