English to English
adjective
- Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
The audience could hear his prompting.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
source: WordNet 3.0
- A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- according to schedule or without delay; on time
The train is prompt.
source: WordNet 3.0
- ready and willing or quick to act
She is always prompt to help her friends.
source: WordNet 3.0
- performed with little or no delay
An immediate reply to my letter.
A prompt reply.
Was quick to respond.
A straightaway denial.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- give an incentive for action
This moved me to sacrifice my career.
source: WordNet 3.0
- serve as the inciting cause of
She prompted me to call my relatives.
source: WordNet 3.0
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
source: WordNet 3.0
- To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [prompt] Maliksí; madalî; matulin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [prompt] Mag-udyok; mag-ulók
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
