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Meaning of prompt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  prompt
      adj 1: according to schedule or without delay; on time; "the
             train is prompt"
      2: ready and willing or quick to act; "she is always prompt to
         help her friends";
      3: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my
         letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a
         straightaway denial" [syn: {immediate}, {prompt}, {quick},
         {straightaway}]
      n 1: a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the
           next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his
           prompting" [syn: {prompt}, {prompting}]
      2: (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer
         screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a
         command [syn: {prompt}, {command prompt}]
      v 1: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice
           my career" [syn: {motivate}, {actuate}, {propel}, {move},
           {prompt}, {incite}]
      2: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my
         relatives" [syn: {prompt}, {inspire}, {instigate}]
      3: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
         words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
         {prompt}, {remind}, {cue}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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