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How to pronounce prompt in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms actuate, incite, motivate, move, propel
Type of do, cause, make
Verb group move, affect, impress, strike
Type Words
Synonyms command prompt
Type of electronic communication
Type Words
Synonyms prompting
Type of cue


the audience could hear his prompting.
Type Words
Synonyms cue, remind
Type of inform
Derivation prompter, prompting
Type Words
Synonyms inspire, instigate
Type of stimulate, make, induce, have, get, cause
Derivation prompting


She prompted me to call my relatives.
Type Words
Synonyms immediate, quick, straightaway
Derivation promptness


a prompt reply.
Type Words
Derivation promptness


the train is prompt.
Type Words
Derivation promptness


she is always prompt to help her friends.

Examples of prompt

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Obama conceded that everything he asked for would prompt more partisan disputes.
From the dailyherald.com
Analysts say offering the amnesty could prompt debtors to pay about $12 million.
From the denverpost.com
The authors also found they could prompt participants to think at higher levels.
From the sciencedaily.com
The move may prompt more tribal leaders to call for the president's resignation.
From the latimes.com
It also would prompt current employees to contribute more to their pension plan.
From the sacbee.com
The threat of lawmakers of making cuts themselves also could prompt some action.
From the dailyherald.com
The radar will provide prompt and precise information on objects orbiting Earth.
From the sciencedaily.com
Longanecker also taught the volunteers how to deadhead bushes to prompt flowers.
From the sacbee.com
The riots prompt security forces to open fire with tear gas and live ammunition.
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More examples
  • A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"
  • According to schedule or without delay; on time; "the train is prompt"
  • Motivate: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  • (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
  • Ready and willing or quick to act; "she is always prompt to help her friends";
  • Serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
  • PROMPT, an acronym for Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes, is currently being built by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. ...
  • The prompt (sometimes prompter) in a theatre is traditionally the person who prompts or cues an actor when they forget their next line or neglect to move on the stage to where they are supposed to be situated.
  • (Promptness) In kinematics, the speed of an object is the magnitude of its velocity (the rate of change of its position); it is thus a scalar quantity. ...