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handbill, bill, hand-out, leaflet, poster, affiche, placard,
publicity, space, (publicity) release, hoarding, US and Canadian
flier or flyer, billboard, broadside, Colloq US puff piece, poop
sheet: The promotions for the new detergent use the celebrity
endorsement technique.
prompt adj. 1 quick, ready, immediate, instantaneous, unhesitating,
rapid, fast, swift, speedy, punctual, timely, on time, instant,
summary, brisk, alacritous: No matter what the question, Gemma
gave a prompt response. 2 alert, eager, ready, quick,
expeditious, ready and willing, disposed, predisposed,
unhesitating, keen, avid: Slow to praise, Alan was always
prompt to criticize.
--v. 3 urge, egg (on), prod, nudge, spur, exhort, incite,
induce, impel, provoke, rouse, arouse, encourage, work or stir
or fire up, move, motivate, cause, influence, put (someone) up
to (something), coax, persuade, cajole, prevail upon or on, talk
(someone) into (something): If he hadn't prompted her, she
never would have apologized. 4 cue, remind, feed lines (to),
help: She never could remember her lines and needed to be
prompted. 5 bring about, inspire, occasion, give rise to,
elicit, evoke, provoke, call forth, stimulate, awaken: The
mention of hostages prompted a question about what was being
done to gain their release.
--n. 6 reminder, cue, hint, stimulus: He always needs a prompt
to remind him to send his mother flowers on her birthday.
promptly adv. quickly, at once, straightaway or straight away, directly,
right away, immediately, without delay or hesitation,
unhesitatingly, swiftly, speedily, readily, instantly,
instantaneously, punctually, expeditiously, with celerity, with
alacrity, Colloq US and Canadian momentarily: If this bill is
not paid promptly, we shall have to discontinue your credit
arrangements.
prone adj. 1 face down or downwards or chiefly US downward,
prostrate, lying down, reclining, recumbent, horizontal,
procumbent, Formal or technical decumbent, accumbent: She was
lying prone, resting between push-ups. 2 inclined, apt, likely,
liable, disposed, predisposed, of a mind, subject, given,
tending, leaning: They are prone to petty squabbles.