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Word: Prompt
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (as a verb): based on Old French prompt or Latin promptus ‘brought to light’, also ‘prepared, ready’, past participle of promere ‘to produce’, from pro- ‘out, forth’ + emere ‘take’
prɒm(p)t
(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling)
Short Definition:cause action or feeling
Examples:- the violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country
encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something
Short Definition:encourage hesitating speaker
Examples:- ‘And the picture?’ he prompted
Word: Prompt
Speech Type: Noun
prɒm(p)t
an act of encouraging a hesitating speaker
Short Definition:act of prompting speaker
Examples:- with barely a prompt, Barbara talked on
the time limit for the payment of an account, stated on a prompt note.
Short Definition:time limit for payment of account
Word: Prompt
Speech Type: Adjective
prɒm(p)t
done without delay; immediate
Short Definition:done without delay
Examples:- she would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen
Word: Prompt
Speech Type: Adverb
prɒm(p)t
exactly (with reference to a specified time)
Short Definition:exactly
Examples:- I set off at three-thirty prompt
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