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1. Give an incentive for action
   - motivate, actuate, propel, move, incite
    
2. Serve as the inciting cause of
   "She prompted me to call my relatives"
   - inspire, instigate
    
3. Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
   - remind, cue

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
   "a prompt reply"
   - immediate, quick, straightaway

1. A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
   - prompting
    
2. (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
   - command prompt

Derived forms: prompting, prompted, prompts, promptest, prompter

See also: fast, prompter, prompting, promptly, promptness, punctual, ready

Type of: cause, cue, do, electronic communication, get, have, induce, inform, make, stimulate

Encyclopedia: Prompt