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Prompt Meaning: How to Use as Motivate or Cue (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：motivate (prompt)

prompt 🔊

/prɑːmpt/

vt.

To make someone decide to do something, like a little push in their mind.

motivate 🔊

➕

/ˈmoʊtɪveɪt/

vt.

To cause or encourage someone to take action or make a decision.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'promptus' (ready, quick), from 'pro-' (forward) + 'emere' (to take).

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a 'prompt' as a 'prompt-er' who encourages you to act quickly, like a coach shouting 'Go!'

📖 Example

Seeing her friend's inspiring travel photos prompted Lisa to finally book her own adventure. 🔊 Seeing her friend's inspiring travel photos motivated Lisa to finally book her own adventure.

🔗 Collocations

prompt someone to do something – to cause someone to take a specific action

prompt a response – to elicit a reaction or answer

prompt action – to cause an immediate step to be taken

🔄 Synonyms

motivate (vt.) – to provide someone with a reason for doing something

induce (vt.) – to persuade or influence someone to do something

spur (vt.) – to encourage someone to do something quickly

🚫 Antonyms

discourage (vt.) – to cause someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm

deter (vt.) – to discourage someone from doing something

🌱 Derivatives

promptly (adv.) – in a quick or timely manner

promptness (n.) – the quality of being quick and ready

prompt (n.) – a signal or reminder to act

📖 Cultural Story

Originally meaning 'ready' in Latin, 'prompt' evolved in English to describe quick action. In computing, a 'prompt' is a symbol indicating the system is ready for input, reflecting its core idea of readiness.

Meaning 2：cue (prompt)

prompt 🔊

/prɑːmpt/

vt.

To help someone remember what to say or do next by giving a signal.

Prompt meaning cue: computer dialog box asking save changes before closing

cue 🔊

➕

/kjuː/

vt.

To signal or remind someone to do or say something, often through a system or person.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Before closing the document, the software will prompt you to save your changes. 🔊 Before closing the document, the software will remind you to save your changes.

🔗 Collocations

prompt a user – to display a message asking the user to take action

prompt for input – to request information or a command from a user

prompt a reminder – to trigger an alert or notification

🔄 Synonyms

cue (vt.) – to give a signal to someone to begin or do something

remind (vt.) – to cause someone to remember something

alert (vt.) – to warn someone about something or to make them aware

🚫 Antonyms

ignore (vt.) – to refuse to pay attention to something

🌱 Derivatives

promptly (adv.) – in a quick or timely manner

promptness (n.) – the quality of being quick and ready

prompt (n.) – a signal or reminder to act