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.
   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. [...] In Two Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I または II), London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], OCLC 948263597:

     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