prompt
♦ prompt /pr'ɒmpt/ (prompts prompting prompted)
1 [VERB] V n to-inf, V n
To prompt someone to do something means to make them decide to do it.
Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars...
The need for villagers to control their own destinies has prompted a new plan.
2 [VERB] V with quote, V n
If you prompt someone when they stop speaking, you encourage or help them to continue. If you prompt an actor, you tell them what their next line is when they have forgotten what comes next.
`Go on,' the therapist prompted him...
How exactly did he prompt her, Mr Markham?
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A prompt action is done without any delay.
It is not too late, but prompt action is needed.
4 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you are prompt to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late.
You have been so prompt in carrying out all these commissions...
1 [VERB] V n to-inf, V n
To prompt someone to do something means to make them decide to do it.
Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars...
The need for villagers to control their own destinies has prompted a new plan.
2 [VERB] V with quote, V n
If you prompt someone when they stop speaking, you encourage or help them to continue. If you prompt an actor, you tell them what their next line is when they have forgotten what comes next.
`Go on,' the therapist prompted him...
How exactly did he prompt her, Mr Markham?
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A prompt action is done without any delay.
It is not too late, but prompt action is needed.
4 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you are prompt to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late.
You have been so prompt in carrying out all these commissions...