different between require vs prompt
require
English
Etymology
From Old French requerre (French: requérir), from Vulgar Latin *requærere, from Latin requ?r? (“I require, seek, ask for”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???kwa??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???kwa??/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
- Hyphenation: re?quire
Verb
require (third-person singular simple present requires, present participle requiring, simple past and past participle required)
- (obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request. [14th-17thc.]
- I requyre yow lete vs be sworne to gyders that neuer none of vs shalle after this day haue adoo with other, and there with alle syre Tristram and sire Lamorak sware that neuer none of hem shold fyghte ageynst other nor for wele, nor for woo.
- 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Mark V:
- I requyre the in the name of god, that thou torment me nott.
- To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. [from 14thc.]
- 1998, Joan Wolf, The Gamble, Warner Books:
- "I am Miss Newbury," I announced, "and I require to be shown to my room immediately, if you please."
- 2009, Vikram Dodd, The Guardian, 29 December:
- ‘Regrettably, I have concluded, after considering the matter over Christmas […], that I can no longer maintain the high standard of service I require of myself, meet the demands of office and cope with the pressures of public life, without my health deteriorating further.’
- 1998, Joan Wolf, The Gamble, Warner Books:
- Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15thc.]
- 1972, "Aid for Aching Heads", Time, 5 June:
- Chronic pain is occasionally a sign of a very serious problem, like brain tumors, and can require surgery.
- 2009, Julian Borger, The Guardian, 7 February:
- A weapon small enough to put on a missile would require uranium enriched to more than 90% U-235.
- 1972, "Aid for Aching Heads", Time, 5 June:
- To demand of (someone) to do something. [from 18thc.]
- 1970, "Compulsory Midi", Time, 29 June:
- After Aug 3 all salesgirls will be required to wear only one style of skirt while on duty: the midi.
- 2007, Allegra Stratton, "Smith to ban non-EU unskilled immigrants from working in UK", The Guardian, 5 December:
- The government would like to require non-British fiances who wish to marry a British citizen to sit an English test.
- 1970, "Compulsory Midi", Time, 29 June:
Synonyms
- call for
Related terms
- requirement
- requisite
- request
Translations
Further reading
- require in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- require in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- require at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- querier
Interlingua
Verb
require
- present of requirer
- imperative of requirer
Latin
Verb
requ?re
- second-person singular present active imperative of requ?r?
require From the web:
- what requires 60 votes in the senate
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- what requires a 2/3 vote in congress
- what requires the creation of possible selves
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- what requires atp energy
- what requires a building permit
prompt
English
Etymology
From French prompt, from Latin pr?mptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of pr?m? (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from pr? (“forth, forward”) + em? (“to take, acquire, buy”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??mpt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??mpt/
- Rhymes: -?mpt
Adjective
prompt (comparative more prompt, superlative most prompt)
- Quick; acting without delay.
- On time; punctual.
- (archaic) Ready; willing to act.
Synonyms
- (acting without delay): hasty; see also Thesaurus:prompt
- (on time): timely; see also Thesaurus:punctual
- (willing to act): good to go, yare
Derived terms
- prompt critical
- prompt criticality
- promptness
- prompt neutron
- promptly
Translations
Noun
prompt (plural prompts)
- A reminder or cue.
- (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
- To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months.
- (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.
- (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
Translations
Verb
prompt (third-person singular simple present prompts, present participle prompting, simple past and past participle prompted)
- (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
- I prompted him to get a new job.
- (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.
- (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
- 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.
- 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:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:advise
Derived terms
- prompter
Translations
Further reading
- prompt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prompt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prompt at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pr?mpt/
- Hyphenation: prompt
- Rhymes: -?mpt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French prompt, from Latin pr?mptus.
Adverb
prompt
- immediately, promptly
- Synonym: meteen
Adjective
prompt (not comparable)
- quick, immediate
Inflection
Derived terms
- pront
Related terms
- pronto
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English prompt, from Middle French prompt, from Latin pr?mptus.
Noun
prompt m (plural prompts)
- (computing) prompt
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin promptus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???/, /p???t/, /p???pt/
Adjective
prompt (feminine singular prompte, masculine plural prompts, feminine plural promptes)
- prompt, swift, quick
- (Louisiana) curt
Derived terms
- prompt rétablissement
Further reading
- “prompt” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Latin pr?mptus, past participle of pr?m? (“I take, bring out, produce, bring to light”).
Adjective
prompt m
- (Jersey) hasty
Derived terms
- promptément (“hastily”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- prompte
Etymology
From French prompt, from Latin promptus, from promere (“bring out”)
Adverb
prompt
- quickly and punctually; promptly
Adjective
prompt (singular and plural prompt, comparative mer prompt, superlative mest prompt)
- quick and punctual; prompt
References
- “prompt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “prompt” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Romanian
Etymology
From French prompt, from Latin promptus.
Adjective
prompt m or n (feminine singular prompt?, masculine plural promp?i, feminine and neuter plural prompte)
- prompt
Declension
prompt From the web:
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- what prompted the berlin airlift
- what prompted the outbreak of the second intifada
- what prompted the embargo of 1807
- what prompted the red scare
- what prompted you to apply for this position
- what prompted the fads and heroes of the 1920s
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