prompt

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Being on time; punctual.
• adjective Carried out or performed without delay.
• transitive verb To move to act; spur; incite.
• transitive verb To give rise to; inspire.
• transitive verb To assist with a reminder; remind.
• transitive verb To assist (an actor or reciter) by providing the next words of a forgotten passage; cue.
• noun The act of prompting or giving a cue.
• noun A reminder or cue.
• noun Computers A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Ready; quick to act as occasion demands; acting with cheerful alacrity; ready and willing: as, prompt in obedience or compliance.
• Given or performed without delay; quick; ready; not delayed.
• Hasty; forward; abrupt.
• Inclined or disposed.
• Synonyms Early, timely, punctual.
• To move or excite to action; incite; instigate.
• To assist (a learner or speaker) by suggesting something forgotten or imperfectly learned or known, or by pronouncing the words next in order: as, to prompt a pupil; to prompt an actor.
• To dictate; suggest to the mind; inspire.
• To remind; put (one) in mind.
• Synonyms Actuate, Impel, Induce, etc.(see actuate), incline, dispose, suggest to. See list under impel.
• noun In com., a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder called a prompt-note.
• noun Information suggested or prompted.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Com.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See prompt-note.
• adjective Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; ; -- said of persons.
• adjective Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct.
• adjective obsolete Easy; unobstructed.
• transitive verb To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
• transitive verb To suggest; to dictate.
• transitive verb To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective archaic Ready, willing (to act).
• adjective Quick, acting without delay.
• adjective On time, punctual.
• noun A reminder or cue
• noun computing A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
• noun writing A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
• verb To lead someone toward what they should say or do.
• verb - to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adjective according to schedule or without delay; on time
• noun (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
• adjective ready and willing or quick to act
• noun a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
• adjective performed with little or no delay
• verb give an incentive for action
• verb serve as the inciting cause of
• verb assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned