unprompted

adjective, prompt·er, prompt·est.

1. done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
2. ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands.
3. quick or alert: prompt to take offense.
4. punctual.

verb (used with object)

5. to move or induce to action: What prompted you to say that?
6. to occasion or incite; inspire: What prompted his resignation?
7. to assist (a person speaking) by suggesting something to be said.
8. Theater. to supply (an actor, singer, etc.) from offstage with a missed cue or forgotten line.

verb (used without object)

9. Theater. to supply forgotten lines, lyrics, or the like to an actor, singer, etc.

noun

10. Commerce.
    1. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note).
    2. the contract setting the time limit.
11. the act of prompting.
12. something serving to suggest or remind.
13. Computers. a message or symbol from a computer system to a user, generally appearing on a display screen, requesting more information or indicating that the system is ready for user instructions.

Idioms

14. take a prompt, (in acting) to move or speak in response to a cue.

adjective

1. without prompting; spontaneous

adjective

1. performed or executed without delay
2. quick or ready to act or respond

adverb

3. informal punctually

verb

4. (tr) to urge (someone to do something)
5. to remind (an actor, singer, etc) of lines forgotten during a performance
6. (tr) to refresh the memory of
7. (tr) to give rise to by suggestionhis affairs will prompt discussion

noun

8. commerce
   1. the time limit allowed for payment of the debt incurred by purchasing goods or services on credit
   2. the contract specifying this time limit
   3. Also called: prompt notea memorandum sent to a purchaser to remind him of the time limit and the sum due
9. the act of prompting
10. anything that serves to remind
11. an aid to the operator of a computer in the form of a question or statement that appears on the screen showing that the equipment is ready to proceed and indicating the options available

v.mid-14c., prompten, from Latin promptus, past participle of promere “to bring forth,” from pro- “forward” (see pro-) + emere “to take” (see exempt (adj.)). Theatrical sense of “to assist a speaker with lines” is first recorded early 15c. Related: Prompted; prompting. n.early 15c., “readiness,” from Latin promptus (see prompt (v.)). Meaning “hint, act of prompting” is from 1590s. Computer sense attested by 1977. adj.early 15c., from Old French prompt and directly from Latin promptus “brought forth,” hence “visible, apparent, evident,” past participle of promere “to take or bring out or forth” (see prompt (v.)).Related: Promptly; promptitude.