Quick, prompt, ready, apt mean able to respond without delay or hesitation or indicative of such ability. To make someone decide to say or do something: See examples of prompt used in a sentence.
[be + ~] was prompt in answering our phone call.[~ + to + verb] they were prompt to deny the allegations. Feb 3, 2026from 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. A prompt is a question or statement that appears on a computer screen showing that the computer is ready to receive instructions.
To cause (someone) to do something; To be the cause of (something)