Thesaurus: prompt

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1. n. A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
2. v. t. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
3. v. t. To suggest; to dictate.
4. v. t. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
5. adj. according to schedule or without delay; on time
6. adj. ready and willing or quick to act
7. adj. performed with little or no delay
8. n. a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
9. n. (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
10. v. give an incentive for action
11. v. serve as the inciting cause of
12. v. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned