promptitude

prompt  (prmpt)

adj. prompt·er, prompt·est

1. Being on time; punctual.

2. Carried out or performed without delay: a prompt reply.

tr.v. prompt·ed, prompt·ing, prompts

1. To move to act; spur; incite: A noise prompted the guard to go back and investigate.

2. To give rise to; inspire: The accident prompted a review of school safety policy.

3. To assist with a reminder; remind.

4. To assist (an actor or reciter) by providing the next words of a forgotten passage; cue.

n.

1.

a. The act of prompting or giving a cue.

b. A reminder or cue.

2. Computer Science A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.

3. Business

a. A prompt note.

b. The time limit stipulated in a prompt note.

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[Middle English, ready, from Old French, from Latin prmptus, from past participle of prmere, to bring forth : pr-, forth; see pro-¹ + emere, to take, obtain; see em- in Indo-European roots.]

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prompter n.

prompti·tude (prmpt-td, -tyd), promptness (prmptns) n.

promptly adv.

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promptitude [ˈprɒmptɪˌtjuːd]

n

the quality of being prompt; punctuality

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

promptitude - the characteristic of doing things without delay promptness celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness - a rate that is rapid