English dictionary: words starting with promp
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verb(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).
Usage examples:
The violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country
nounAn act of encouraging a hesitating speaker.
Usage examples:
With barely a prompt, barbara talked on
adjectiveDone without delay; immediate.
Usage examples:
She would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen
adverbExactly (with reference to a specified time).
Usage examples:
I set off at three-thirty prompt
nounAn annotated copy of a play for the use of a prompter during a performance.
nounAn annotated copy of a play for the use of a prompter during a performance.
verb(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).
Usage examples:
The violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country
nounAn act of encouraging a hesitating speaker.
Usage examples:
With barely a prompt, barbara talked on
adjectiveDone without delay; immediate.
Usage examples:
She would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen
adverbExactly (with reference to a specified time)
Usage examples:
I set off at three-thirty prompt
nounA person seated out of sight of the audience who supplies a forgotten word or line to an actor during the performance of a play.
Usage examples:
This is a live recording, and the prompter, audience, and stage movement all make their presence kn…
adjective(of an action) done quickly and without delay, or (of a person) acting quickly or arriving at an arranged time
Usage examples:
The agency sent back a prompt reply to my inquiries., she arrived promptly at 9 o’clock., [ + to in…
verbTo do something that causes a reaction or makes someone do or think something
Usage examples:
The accusations of fraud prompted an angry response from the company's ceo., steeply rising food pr…
nounA person seated out of sight of the audience who supplies a forgotten word or line to an actor during the performance of a play.
Usage examples:
This is a live recording, and the prompter, audience, and stage movement all make their presence kn…
adjective(of an action) done quickly and without delay, or (of a person) acting quickly or arriving at an arranged time
Usage examples:
The agency sent back a prompt reply to my inquiries., she arrived promptly at 9 o’clock., [ + to in…
verbTo do something that causes a reaction or makes someone do or think something
Usage examples:
The accusations of fraud prompted an angry response from the company's ceo., steeply rising food pr…
adjective(of an action) done quickly and without delay, or (of a person) acting quickly or arriving at an arranged time
Usage examples:
The agency sent back a prompt reply to my inquiries., she arrived promptly at 9 o’clock., [ + to in…
verbTo do something that causes a reaction or makes someone do or think something
Usage examples:
The accusations of fraud prompted an angry response from the company's ceo., steeply rising food pr…
nounThe action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something.
Usage examples:
After some prompting, the defendant gave the police his name
verb(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).
Usage examples:
The violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country
nounThe act of trying to make someone say something
Usage examples:
[ + to infinitive ] kids of that age really shouldn't need prompting to say thank you for things., …
nounThe quality of acting quickly and without delay.
Usage examples:
He arranges everything with extraordinary promptitude and foresight
adjectiveTending or calculated to prompt someone or something; likely to give rise to something; conducive.
adverbWith little or no delay; immediately.
Usage examples:
He paid the fine promptly
nounThe quality of doing something quickly and without delay, or at the arranged time
Usage examples:
The company should pay suppliers with reasonable promptness.
nounA female prompter.
verb(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).
Usage examples:
The violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country
nounAn act of encouraging a hesitating speaker.
Usage examples:
With barely a prompt, barbara talked on
adjectiveDone without delay; immediate.
Usage examples:
She would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen
adverbExactly (with reference to a specified time)
Usage examples:
I set off at three-thirty prompt
nounA handbook or notebook containing a summary or compilation of information.
Usage examples:
The genealogy in the promptuary, after all, stretches back to adam.
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