promptとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /pɹɒmpt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɑmpt/
  • 韻: -ɒmpt

形容詞

prompt (comparative more prompt, superlative most prompt)

1. Quick; acting without delay.

   He was very prompt at getting a new job.

2. On time; punctual.

   Be prompt for your appointment.

3. (archaic) Ready; willing to act.
   • 1623, Shakespeare, William, Antony & Cleopatra, act 3, scene 8:

     Tell him, I am prompt / To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele.

同意語

• (acting without delay): hasty; see also Thesaurus:prompt
• (on time): timely; see also Thesaurus:punctual
• (willing to act): good to go, yare

派生語

• promptness
• promptly

名詞

prompt (複数形 prompts)

1. A reminder or cue.
2. (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Stuart Mill かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months.

3. (computing) A sequence of characters that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.

   I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen but my account wasn't recognized.

4. (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.

動詞

prompt (三人称単数 現在形 prompts, 現在分詞 prompting, 過去形および過去分詞形 prompted)

1. (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.

   I prompted him to get a new job.

2. (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.

   If he forgets his words I will prompt him.

3. (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
   • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The only sour note on a virtually perfect night for England came from shameful 'monkey' chanting aimed at Ashley Cole and Ashley Young from a section of Bulgaria's fans which later prompted an official complaint from the Football Association to Uefa.

   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:

     On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:advise

派生語

• prompter

Further reading

• prompt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prompt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• prompt at OneLook Dictionary Search