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PROMPTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
Example:
the audience could hear his prompting
Synonyms:
prompt; prompting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prompting" is a kind of...):
cue (an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech)
Derivation:
prompt (assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Persuasion formulated as a suggestion
Synonyms:
prompting; suggestion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prompting" is a kind of...):
persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)
Derivation:
prompt (serve as the inciting cause of)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb prompt
Context examples:
If he has had no visitors, that prompting must have come in letters; hence I try to find out who were his correspondents.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
