Definitions for prompts

• Definition
• Anagrams (144)

prompts prompt

Spelling: [prompt]

IPA: /prɒmpt/

Prompts is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in prompts (mopprst).

Definitions for prompts

noun

1. Commerce. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note) the contract setting the time limit.
2. the act of prompting.
3. something serving to suggest or remind.
4. Computers. a message or symbol from a computer system to a user, generally appearing on a display screen, requesting more information or indicating that the system is ready for user instructions.

Idioms

1. take a prompt, (in acting) to move or speak in response to a cue.

adjective

1. done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay:
2. ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands.
3. quick or alert:
4. punctual.

verb (used with object)

1. to move or induce to action:
2. to occasion or incite; inspire:
3. to assist (a person speaking) by suggesting something to be said.
4. Theater. to supply (an actor, singer, etc.) from offstage with a missed cue or forgotten line.

verb (used without object)

1. Theater. to supply forgotten lines, lyrics, or the like to an actor, singer, etc.

Origin of prompts

1300-50; (v.) Middle English Medieval Latin prōmptāre to incite, Latin: to distribute, frequentative of prōmere to bring out, equivalent to prō- pro-¹ + (e)

Examples for prompts

It is, indeed, 'nature erring from itself' which prompts to these marriages.

This statement, interpreted by many in the media as a sign that the epidemic is abating, prompts more questions than answers.

What prompts the mother to guard her infant in the face of every danger?

This is what prompts concerns about the civilization of illiteracy.

Which prompts the question: In a GOP field minus Portman, what role will same-sex marriage play?

Self-love, which prompts him to seek his own ease, interest, or gratification.

But the decision to do so prompts a key question once again: Who are the moderates?

It works as a food journal and prompts you to take your pulse when it needs it.

This prompts Sarah Lynn to stab herself with a Confederate bayonet letter-opener, causing a geyser of blood.

It must be some devil in me that prompts me to this ingratitude.