Prompt Meaning
/pɹɒmpt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjQuick; acting without delay.
adjOn time; punctual.
Sentence Examples
Be prompt in dealing with the problem.
Your prompt reply is urgently required.
We look forward to receiving your prompt reply.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher's question will ____ the student to research the topic more deeply.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher gave a writing ____ and asked students to respond in no more than five hundred words.
Word Origin & History
The adjective is from Middle English prompte, from Middle French prompt and its etymon Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”). Doublet of pronto. The verb is from Middle English prompen, apparently from the adjective. The noun is from the verb.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Tell him, I am prompt / To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele."
— 1623, William Shakespeare, Antony & Cleopatra, act 3, scene 8:
"When physical crude oil transactions are priced, they are usually marked to the prompt month futures contract. The prompt month futures contract is the next futures contract to settle."
— 2013 July 5, Davis W. Edwards, Energy Investing DeMystified: A Self-Teaching Guide, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 19:
"The settlement ratio is determined as follows: i) If the prompt futures price of coal at maturity is less than or equal to the floor price, the ratio will be one."
— 2021 May 11, Neil C. Schofield, Commodity Derivatives: Markets and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 448:
"For instance, using the “instruct” mode, I once gave GPT-3 the prompt: “Write an essay discussing the role of metafiction in the work of Italo Calvino.”"
— 2022 April 15, Steven Johnson, Nikita Iziev, “A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months."
— 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher's question will ____ the student to research the topic more deeply.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher gave a writing ____ and asked students to respond in no more than five hundred words.