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    prompt
    /prɒm(p)t/

    verb

    noun

    • 1. an act of encouraging a hesitating speaker: "with barely a prompt, Barbara talked on"
    • 2. the time limit for the payment of an account, stated on a prompt note.

    adjective

    • 1. done without delay; immediate: "she would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen"

    adverb

    • 1. exactly (with reference to a specified time): British "I set off at three-thirty prompt"

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