Dictionary Check: prompt

"prompt" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 15 points

Definition

adjective

according to schedule or without delay; on time

Example: "the train is prompt"
adjective

ready and willing or quick to act

Example: "she is always prompt to help her friends"
adjective

performed with little or no delay

Example: "an immediate reply to my letter"
noun

a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

Example: "the audience could hear his prompting"
Synonyms:
noun

(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

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verb

give an incentive for action

Example: "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

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