point in a computer program where input from the user is expected.

common prompts

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Prompt (?; 215), a. [Compar. Prompter (?); superl. Promptest.] [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, -- p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + emere to take. See Redeem. ]

1.

Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.

Very discerning and prompt in giving orders. Clarendon.

Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at's feet. Shak.

Any you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies. Dryden.

2.

Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance.

When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt. Ames.

3.

Easy; unobstructed.

[Obs.]

The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. Sir H. Wotton.

Syn. -- Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble. -- Prompt, Ready, Expeditious. One who is ready is prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through an undertaking with constant promptness.

 

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Prompt, n. Com.

A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months. J. S. Mill.

 

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Prompt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting.]

1.

To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.

God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. Jer. Taylor.

2.

To suggest; to dictate.

And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. Pope.

3.

To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

 

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