prompting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prompting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prompting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prompting n persuasion formulated as a suggestion [syn: suggestion, prompting] a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting" Synonym(s): prompt, prompting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prompting}.] 1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To suggest; to dictate. And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope. 3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.