promptness

prompt

 (prŏmpt)

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

3. Something which inspires a response, especially a statement or series of questions designed to provoke creative or critical thought from a student: In English class today, the teacher gave us the prompt for our final essay.

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

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prompt′er n.

promp′ti·tude′ (prŏmp′tĭ-to͞od′, -tyo͞od′), prompt′ness (prŏmpt′nĭs) n.

prompt′ly adv.

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Promptness

 

1. Arrived on time, and left on time, like a European train —Laurie Colwin

   See Also: ENTRANCES/EXITS

2. Punctual as a bride at a wedding —Honoré de Balzac
3. Punctual as a stage manager, watch in hand —Frank Swinnerton
4. Punctual as bills —Babette Deutsch
5. Punctual as death —Scott Spencer
6. Punctual as destiny —Edith Wharton
7. Punctual as lovers to the moment sworn —Edward Young
8. Punctually as a cuckoo in a Swiss clock —Edith Wharton
9. Punctually, as the tax collector —Punch, 1862

   Paraphrased from “Tax gatherer.”

Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	promptness - the characteristic of doing things without delay promptitude celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness - a rate that is rapid
	2.	promptness - the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time punctuality timing - the time when something happens

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promptness

noun swiftness, speed, punctuality, willingness, dispatch, readiness, haste, eagerness, alertness, alacrity, quickness, briskness, promptitude the company's promptness in settling its debts

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Translations

فَوْرِيَّه، سُرْعَة الحُدوث

okamžitostrychlost

punktlighed

Promptheit

diligencia

hâteponctualitépromptituderapidité

skjótleiki

prontezza

punktlighet

prontidão

dakik olmaivedilik

敏捷迅速

promptness

[ˈprɒmptnɪs] N (= punctuality) → puntualidad f; (= speed) → rapidez f, prontitud f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

promptness

[ˈprɒmptnɪs] n [reply, action, treatment] → rapidité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

promptness

n → Promptheit f; the fire brigade’s promptness → der prompte Einsatz der Feuerwehr

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

promptness

[ˈprɒmptnɪs] n (speed) → prontezza, sollecitudine f; (punctuality) → puntualità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

prompt¹

(prompt) adjective

acting, or happening, without delay or punctually. a prompt reply; I'm surprised that she's late. She's usually so prompt. stiptelik سَريع، فَوْري бърз pontual okamžitý; včasný She's usually so prompt.prompt hurtig; præcis γρήγορος, άμεσος, ακριβής pronto, inmediato; puntual kiire, täpne به موقع؛ وقت شناس pikainen prompt, ponctuel דַיקָן तत्काल gyors; azonnali seketika skjótur; stundvís そくざの 즉각적인 greitas, neatidėliotinas, punktualus precīzs; tūlītējs tepat pd waktunya promptomgående, presis, punktlignatychmiastowy, punktualny په وقت سره،وقت پيژندونكى pontual prompt, punctual быстрый; точный pohotový, promptný hiter tačan snabb, skyndsam, punktlig ทันที ivedi, derhal yapılan; dakik zamanında gelen 迅速的 швидкий, моторний چست، مستعد nhanh chóng 迅速的

ˈpromptly adverb

1. immediately. He promptly accepted my offer. dadelik فَوْرا، حالا веднага imediatamente ihned sofort omgående αμέσωςcon prontitud, inmediatamente viivitamata بی درنگ välittömästi promptement מִייַד तुरंत azonnal seketika tafarlaust immediatamente すぐに 즉각적으로 tuojau pat, greitai tūlīt; nekavējoties dgn segera meteenomgående, øyeblikkeligbezzwłocznie په فورى توګه،وار د واره imediatamente imediat немедленно promptne takoj smesta omedelbart อย่างทันท่วงที derhal, hemen 立刻 відразу, швидко فوراً ngay lập tức 立刻

2. punctually. They arrived promptly. stiptelik فَورا، بِصورَةٍ عاجِلَه، عَلى الوَقْت точно pontualmente včas pünktlich præcist ακριβώς στην ώρα μου puntualmente, a la hora täpselt به موقع täsmällisesti à l'heureמהר प्रेरणा से, अनुबोधकता से pontosan pada waktunya stundvíslega puntualmente きっかりに 예정된 시간에 punktualiai precīzi tepat stipt op tijdpresistpunktualnie په موقع سره pontualmente la timp точно včas točno na vreme punktligt อย่างตรงต่อเวลา dakikası dakikasına 按時地 точно پابندي کے ساتھ đúng giờ 按时地

ˈpromptness noun

stiptelikheid فَوْرِيَّه، سُرْعَة الحُدوث бързина pontualidade okamžitost, rychlost die Promptheit punktlighed προθυμία, ταχύτηταprontitud; puntualidad operatiivsus سر وقت بودن؛ سرعت täsmällisyys promptitudeמהירות अनुबोधन gyorsaság, (szolgálat)készség ketepatan skjótleiki prontezza 機敏 기민, 민첩, 신속 greitumas precizitāte; akurātība ketepatan promptheid punktlighetszybkość, punktualność سر د وقته pontualidade promptitudine быстрота pohotovosť hitrost tačnost snabbhet, skyndsamhet, punktlighet การตรงต่อเวลา dakik olma; ivedilik 敏捷，迅速 швидкість; точність چالاکي tính mau lẹ 敏捷，迅速

at one/two etc o'clock prompt

punctually at one/two etc o'clock. stiptelik بالضَّبْط، تَماما точно à uma, etc., em ponto přesně v jednu/ve dvě pünktlich um ein/zwei etc. Uhr præcis ακριβώςen punto täpselt kell üks / kaks ...دقیقاً راس ساعت tasan kello yksi/kaksi pileבמדויק एकदम ठीक समय पर odjednom, u jednom potezu pontban egy, két stb. órakor tepat stundvíslega in punto 時間通りに (~시간에) 정확히 lygiai pirmą/antrą ir pan. valandą tieši/precīzi pulksten vienos/divos utt. tepat stipt på slaget klokka ett/to osv. punktualnie o pierwszej/drugiej itd. په وقت سره،په ټايم باندى برابر à uma, etc., em ponto la ora... fix ровно в час/два часа presne o jednej / o druhej točno tačno prick klockan ett (två etc.) ตรงเวลา saat tam birde/ikide vb. 準時(或整點) рівно о ٹھيک ايک بجے vào đúng 准时（或正点）

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