'Prompting' definitions:
Definition of 'prompting'
(from WordNet)
noun
Persuasion formulated as a suggestion [syn: suggestion, prompting]
noun
A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting" [syn: prompt, prompting]
Definition of 'Prompting'
From: GCIDE
- Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. [1913 Webster]
- God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To suggest; to dictate. [1913 Webster]
- And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prompting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actuation,
- aide-memoire,
- animation,
- cue,
- direction,
- flapper,
- hint,
- influence,
- inner-direction,
- jogger,
- memorandum,
- motivation,
- moving,
- other-direction,
- prompt,
- prompter,
- remembrance,
- remembrancer,
- reminder,
- stimulation,
- tickler