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prompting

/ˈprɒm(p)tɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈprɒm(p)tɪŋ/

prompting

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

prom - pting -> prompting

Myanmar meaning

(n) တိုက်တွန်းချက်။ နှိုးဆော်မှု။ (v[ing]) လုံ့ဆော်နေ

Full entry

prompt¹ /prɒmpt/ adj

၁။ ချက်ချင်း၊ လက်ငင်း [ဆောင်ရွက်သော]။ a prompt reply ❍ Prompt payment of the invoice would be greatly appreciated.
၂။ ~ (in doing sth) မဆိုင်းမတွ [လုပ်သော]။ We are always prompt in paying our bills.
adv တိတိ။ at 6 o'clock prompt.
❏ promptly adv
၁။ ချက်ချင်း။ မဆိုင်းမတွ။ act promptly in an emergency.
၂။ တိတိ။ They left promptly at 5 o'clock.
၃။ (ရုတ်တရက်ဖြစ်စေ မျှော်လင့်ထားသလိုမဟုတ်ဘဲ ရယ်စရာအဖြစ်မျိုးနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ဖြစ်စေ) ပြောပြောဆိုဆို။ He shouted ‘Mind the wire’, leapt the fence and promptly fell over. promptness n [U]: act with great promptness and efficiency.

prompt² /prɒmpt/ v

၁။ စေ့ဆော်သည်။ လှုံ့ဆော်သည်။ The ban on smoking was prompted by complaints from members of staff. ❍ What prompt- ed that remark, I wonder?
၂။ နှိုးဆော်သည်။ What prompted him to be so generous? ❍ The accident prompted her to renew her insurance.
၃။ (က) ကြောင်းပေးသည်။ အစဖော်ပေးသည်။ The speaker was rather hesitant and had to be prompted occasionally by the chairman. ❍ ‘And then what happened?’ ‘he prompted. ’
(ခ) ထောက်ပေးသည်။ Will you prompt for us at the next performance? ❍ The leading actor had to be prompted several times.
n အထောက်အမ။ She needed an occasional prompt.
❏ prompter n (ပြဇာတ်ဇာတ်ဆောင် ပြောရမည့် စကား မေ့သွားလျှင် ပုဏ္ဏားကွယ်နောက်မှ) ထောက်ပေးသူ။
❏ prompting n [C,U] တိုက်တွန်းချက်။ နှိုးဆော်မှု။ Despite several promptings from his parents the boy refused to apologize. ❍ He did it without any prompting from me.

More examples

This revelation prompted the mayor’s resignation.
[prompt someone to do something] : The birth of my first child prompted me to write this article.
‘But, what?’ he prompted.
Without being prompted, she began to apologize.

Synonyms

punctual, on time, at the appointed time, without delay, timely, a bit previous, advise, aid, aide-mémoire, alert, apt, arouse, assist, before long, bright and early, bring about, bring up, brisk, call forth, cause, convince, cue, draw, eager, early, effect, efficient, egg on, elicit, encourage, ere long, evoke, exhort, expeditious, far ahead, get, give rise to, goad, hasty, heads-up, help, help out, hint, immediate, impel, imply, in advance, in good time, in the bud, in time, incite, indicate, induce, inspire, instant, instantaneous, instigate, jog, jolt, mention, mnemonic, motivate, move, not delayed, not late, occasion, on schedule, on short notice, on the ball, on the button, on the dot, on the nose, oversoon, persuade, precise, pressure, pressurize, prevail, prick, prod, promptly, propel, propose, provoke, proximately, punctually, quick, rapid, ready, refresh, remind, reminder, responsive, set off, sic, smart, speedy, spur, start off, stimulate, stimulus, suggest, swift, talk into, too soon, trigger, twit, unhesitating, urge, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake, willing, win over, with time to spare

Antonyms

apathetic, calm, delayed, depress, discourage, dissuade, halt, hide, hinder, hindrance, hurt, keep, late, later, lethargic, negligent, prevent, repress, slow, sluggish, stop, suppress, tardy, unprepared, unwilling

Cross references

punctual on time at the appointed time without delay timely a bit previous advise aid aide-mémoire alert apt arouse assist before long bright and early bring about bring up brisk call forth cause convince cue draw eager early effect efficient egg on

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