1. Give an incentive for action
   "This prompted me to sacrifice my career";
   - motivate, actuate, propel, move, incite
    
2. Serve as the inciting cause of
   "She prompted me to call my relatives";
   - inspire, instigate
    
3. Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
   "The stage manager prompted the nervous actor when he forgot his lines";
   - remind, cue

1. According to schedule or without delay; on time
   "the train is prompt"
    
2. Performed with little or no delay
   "a prompt reply";
   - immediate, quick, straightaway
    
3. Ready and willing or quick to act
   "she is always prompt to help her friends"

1. A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
   "the audience could hear his prompt";
   - prompting
    
2. (computing) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
   "He typed his query at the command prompt";
   - command prompt
    
3. (computing) an input (e.g. text) instruction for what output or task is desired
   "She crafted a detailed prompt to generate the image she wanted"

Derived forms: promptest, prompter, prompted, prompts, prompting

See also: fast, on the dot, on time, punctual, ready

Type of: cause, cue, do, electronic communication, engender, get, have, induce, inform, make, stimulate

Encyclopedia: Prompt