1. the action of encouraging or reminding someone to do something
2. assistance given to an actor who has forgotten their lines
Usage: theater

1. present participle of prompt: encouraging or reminding someone to take action

Examples

• The teacher’s gentle prompting helped the shy student participate in class.
• After some prompting from his friends, he finally asked her to dance.
• The actor needed prompting during the second act.
• She was prompting her daughter to say thank you.
• His prompting reminded me to call my grandmother.
• The stage manager was prompting from the wings.
• Without any prompting, the child cleaned up his toys.