prompt
prompt
prɑmpt
praampt
/prɒmpt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "prompt"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to encourage someone to do or say something
Ditransitive: to prompt sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the interview, the journalist prompted the interviewee to share personal anecdotes.
āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something happen
Transitive: to prompt an action or change
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The success of the grassroots movement prompted increased attention from policymakers.
āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āϟ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assist someone by suggesting the next words or actions they may have forgotten or not fully learned
Transitive: to prompt sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher prompted the shy student during the oral presentation, helping them recall key points they had prepared.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻŽā§ŒāĻ–āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϕ⧇ āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ, āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•

done or happening without delay
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The service at the restaurant was impressively prompt.
āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ, āϤāĻžā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•

acting or done without delay
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The firefighters were prompt in reaching the scene of the blaze.
āĻ…āĻ—ā§āύāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āϘāϟāύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ

(of a person) ready and willing to act quickly
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The prompt employee completed tasks efficiently and on time.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ

a word, phrase, or signal given to an actor to remind them to speak or act
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She waited for her prompt before speaking.
āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽā§āĻĒāϟ, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ

a symbol, message, or signal on a computer screen that indicates the system is ready to receive input or commands from the user
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After launching a software program, the graphical user interface may display a prompt, asking the user to open or create a new file.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻĢāϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āχāωāϜāĻžāϰ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻĢ⧇āϏ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽā§āĻĒāϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

prompter
prompting
prompt
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