English Explanatory Dictionary

prompt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Quick; acting without delay.
  2. On time; punctual.
  3. Ready; willing to act.
  4. Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading.
noun
  1. A reminder or cue.
  2. A word, phrase or line supplied by a prompter to an actor who has forgotten the script.
  3. A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
  4. A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
  5. Textual input given to a large language model or image model in order to have it generate a desired output.
  6. A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
verb
  1. To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
  2. To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.
  3. To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
  4. To initiate; to cause or lead to.
  5. To request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer.
  6. To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

prompt more prompt most prompt prompts prompting prompted

Etymology

The adjective is from Middle English prompte, from Middle French prompt and its etymon Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”). Doublet of pronto. The verb is from Middle English prompen, apparently from the adjective. The noun is from the verb.

Synonyms

prompt fast hasty now on time on the double post-haste quick quick as a wink rapid rash right away soon speedy spit-spot stat timely in time punctual seasonable good to go yare counsel exhort admonish adjure advise advocate encourage urge recommend suggest tip warn instigate provoke abet actuate goose light a fire under send sting bring about cheer draw drive egg on engender evoke excite foment goad grill ignite impel incite induce inflame invoke lash

Antonyms

havering hesitant hesitative tremulous trepidatious vacillatory

Related words

instantaneous punctual reckless

Derived words

autoprompt overprompt prompt critical prompt criticality promptish promptly promptness prompt neutron promptbook prompt book prompt-book prompt crafting prompt engineer prompt engineering prompt injection promptless promptlike promptscript prompt script video prompt promptable prompter promptingly promptress prompture reprompt unprompteed

Translations

Armenian: հուշում Bulgarian: напомняне Finnish: kehote Finnish: muistutus French: indicateur Hungarian: emlékeztető Hungarian: felszólítás Italian: promemoria Italian: segnale Italian: avvertimento Italian: scadenzario Māori: kupu whāngai Māori: tīwhiri Polish: podpowiedź Russian: подска́зка Russian: напомина́ние Serbo-Croatian: podsjetnik Spanish: pie Spanish: entrada Spanish: señal Spanish: apunte Spanish: soplo Spanish: pitazo Ukrainian: підка́зка Ukrainian: нага́дування Vietnamese: nhắc nhở
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