| query | If you are p_____ to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late.If you are prompt to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late. You have been so prompt in carrying out all these commissions. We didn't worry because they were always so prompt with their rental payment. |
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| word | prompt |
| full-definition | verb To prompt someone to do something means to make them decide to do it. Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars. The need for villagers to control their own destinies has prompted a new plan. If you prompt someone when they stop speaking, you encourage or help them to continue . If you prompt an actor, you tell them what their next line is when they have forgotten what comes next. 'Go on,' the therapist prompted him. How exactly did he prompt her, Mr Markham? Her blushes were saved by a prompt from one of her hosts. adjective A prompt action is done without any delay. It is not too late, but prompt action is needed. ...an inflammation of the eyeball which needs prompt treatment. If you are prompt to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late. You have been so prompt in carrying out all these commissions. We didn't worry because they were always so prompt with their rental payment. |
| inflections | promptspromptingprompted |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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