prompting
/prompting/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A cue given to a performer: The act of reminding an actor, speaker, or performer of their next words or actions, usually done quietly from offstage or the side.
- Persuasion formulated as a suggestion: An act of encouraging, urging, or inciting someone to do something, often framed as a gentle or subtle suggestion.
Usage
- As a cue: Used in the context of theater, public speaking, or any performance where a person needs help remembering their lines or the sequence of events.
- As a suggestion or urge: Used to describe an influence or internal voice that encourages a particular action or thought.
Examples
- As a cue:
- The actor forgot his line and needed some quiet prompting from the stage manager.
- Her flawless speech was delivered without any prompting from her notes.
- As a suggestion or urge:
- *He made the donation of his own free will, without any external prompting. *
- She followed the prompting of her conscience and told the truth.
Advanced Usage
- "at the prompting of (someone/something)": because someone or something suggested or urged it.
- At the prompting of his advisor, he applied for the scholarship.
- "the promptings of (something)": the urges or suggestions coming from a specific source, often an internal one.
- He struggled to ignore the promptings of his heart.
Variants and Related Words
- Prompt (verb): To cause or bring about an action or feeling; to assist (an actor or speaker) by providing the next words.
- The news prompted a swift response from the government.
- Can you prompt me if I forget my lines?
- Prompter (noun): A person who prompts actors in a theater.
- Prompt (noun/adjective): A cue or stimulus; done without delay.
- He needed a prompt to remember the answer.
- Thank you for your prompt payment.
Synonyms
- Cue: A signal for action.
- Reminder: Something that causes someone to remember.
- Encouragement: The action of giving someone support or confidence.
- Urging: The act of earnestly trying to persuade someone to do something.
- Incitement: The action of provoking unlawful behavior or urging someone to behave in an unlawful way (stronger, often negative).
Antonyms
- Discouragement: The action of trying to persuade someone not to do something.
- Deterrent: A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
- Prevention: The action of stopping something from happening.
Related Phrases
- Without prompting: Spontaneously; without being asked or reminded.
- The child apologized without prompting.
- To need prompting: To require assistance or a reminder to continue.
- The interviewee needed a lot of prompting to answer the questions.
Noun
- a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
- the audience could hear his prompting
- persuasion formulated as a suggestion