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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. persuasion formulated as a suggestion;
[syn: suggestion, prompting]

2. a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken);
- Example: "the audience could hear his prompting"
[syn: prompt, prompting]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prompting n 1: persuasion formulated as a suggestion [syn: suggestion, prompting] 2: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "prompting": actuation, aide-memoire, animation, cue, direction, flapper, hint, influence, inner-direction, jogger, memorandum, motivation, moving, other-direction, prompt, prompter, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, stimulation, tickler