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English

Etymology

From French prompt, from 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”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɒmpt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɑmpt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒmpt

Adjective

prompt (comparative more prompt, superlative most prompt)

  1. Quick; acting without delay.
  2. On time; punctual.
  3. (archaic) Ready; willing to act.
  4. (finance) Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading.

Synonyms

  • (acting without delay): hasty; see also Thesaurus:prompt
  • (on time): timely; see also Thesaurus:punctual
  • (willing to act): good to go, yare

Derived terms

  • prompt crafting
  • prompt critical
  • prompt criticality
  • promptness
  • prompt neutron
  • promptly

Translations

Noun

prompt (plural prompts)

  1. A reminder or cue.
    1. (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
  2. (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
  3. (computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
  4. (machine learning) Textual input given to a large language model or image model in order to have it generate a desired output.

Derived terms

  • prompt engineer
  • prompt engineering
  • prompt injection

Translations

Verb

prompt (third-person singular simple present prompts, present participle prompting, simple past and past participle prompted)

  1. (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
  2. (transitive) To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.
  3. (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
  4. (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
  5. (transitive, computing) To request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer.
  6. (transitive, machine learning) To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:advise

Derived terms

  • prompter

Translations

Further reading

  • “prompt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “prompt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “prompt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔmpt/
  • Hyphenation: prompt
  • Rhymes: -ɔmpt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French prompt, from Latin prōmptus.

Adverb

prompt

  1. immediately, promptly
    Synonym: meteen

Adjective

prompt (not comparable)

  1. quick, immediate
Declension
Derived terms
  • pront
  • pronto

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English prompt, from Middle French prompt, from Latin prōmptus.

Noun

prompt m (plural prompts)

  1. (computing) prompt

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin promptus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ̃/, /pʁɔ̃t/, /pʁɔ̃pt/

Adjective

prompt (feminine prompte, masculine plural prompts, feminine plural promptes)

  1. prompt, swift, quick
    Near-synonym: rapide
    prompt rétablissement ― get well soon
  2. (Louisiana) curt
  • promptitude

Further reading

  • “prompt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

From French prompt, from 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔmpt/

Adjective

prompt (strong nominative masculine singular prompter, comparative prompter, superlative am promptesten)

  1. immediate, swift, expeditious, prompt

Further reading

  • “prompt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “prompt” in Duden online

Norman

Etymology

From Latin prōmptus, past participle of prōmō (“I take, bring out, produce, bring to light”).

Adjective

prompt m

  1. (Jersey) hasty

Derived terms

  • promptément (“hastily”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • prompte

Etymology

From French prompt, from Latin promptus, from promere (“bring out”).

Adverb

prompt

  1. quickly and punctually; promptly

Adjective

prompt (singular and plural prompt, comparative mer prompt, superlative mest prompt)

  1. quick and punctual; prompt

References

  • “prompt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “prompt” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French prompt, from Latin promptus.

Adjective

prompt m or n (feminine singular promptă, masculine plural prompți, feminine and neuter plural prompte)

  1. prompt

Declension

Swedish

Adverb

prompt (not comparable)

  1. promptly (immediately)
  2. unconditionally, necessarily

Adjective

prompt (not comparable)

  1. (in some expressions) prompt (quick)

Declension

Noun

prompt c

  1. (computing) a prompt
  2. (machine learning) a prompt

Declension


References

  • prompt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • prompt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • prompt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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