prompt
/pɹɑmpt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He was very prompt at getting a new job."
- "a prompt response"
- "Be prompt for your appointment."
- "Tell him, I am prompt / To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele."
- "When physical crude oil transactions are priced, they are usually marked to the prompt month futures contract. The prompt month futures contract is the next futures contract to settle."
- "The settlement ratio is determined as follows: i) If the prompt futures price of coal at maturity is less than or equal to the floor price, the ratio will be one."
Etymology
The adjective is from Middle English prompte, from Middle French prompt and its etymon 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”). Doublet of pronto. The verb is from Middle English prompen, apparently from the adjective. The noun is from the verb.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: prompte, prompt, prōmptus, prompen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹɑmpt/
- British English: /pɹɒmpt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more prompt (comparative)
most prompt (superlative)
prompts (plural)
prompts (present, singular)
prompting (participle, present)
prompted (participle, past)
prompted (past)
Derived Forms
autoprompt
overprompt
promptish
promptly
promptness
preprompt
preprompting
promptbook
promptless
promptlike
promptography
promptscript