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shove
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English schoven, shoven, schouven, from Old English sc?fan, from Proto-Germanic *skeuban? (compare West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva), from Proto-Indo-European *skewb?- (compare Lithuanian skùbti ‘to hurry’, Polish skuba? ‘to pluck’, Albanian humb ‘to lose’).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sh?v, IPA(key): /??v/
- Rhymes: -?v
Verb
shove (third-person singular simple present shoves, present participle shoving, simple past shoved or (obsolete) shave, past participle shoved or (obsolete) shoven)
- (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
- The ship was anon shoven in the sea.
- (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
- 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary
- He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
- 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary
- (poker, by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.
- (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
shove (plural shoves)
- A rough push.
- I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.
- (poker slang) An all-in bet.
- A forward movement of packed river-ice.
Derived terms
- ice shove
- when push comes to shove
Translations
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v/
- Rhymes: -??v
Verb
shove
- (obsolete) simple past tense of shave
Anagrams
- hoves
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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
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