prompt
verb/prɒmpt/
/prɑːmpt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they prompt | /prɒmpt/ /prɑːmpt/ |
| he / she / it prompts | /prɒmpts/ /prɑːmpts/ |
| past simple prompted | /ˈprɒmptɪd/ /ˈprɑːmptɪd/ |
| past participle prompted | /ˈprɒmptɪd/ /ˈprɑːmptɪd/ |
| -ing form prompting | /ˈprɒmptɪŋ/ /ˈprɑːmptɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to make somebody decide to do something; to cause something to happen synonym provoke
- prompt something The discovery of the bomb prompted an increase in security.
- His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd.
- prompt somebody to do something Her father's struggles with mental health prompted her to pursue psychology as a career.
Extra Examples- The accusation prompted the resignation of the education minister.
- The discussion was prompted by a chance remark.
- The earth tremors prompted worries of a second major earthquake.
- The incident prompted a full-scale review of police procedures.
- The news prompted speculation that prices will rise further.
- What prompted you to choose this area?
- [transitive] to encourage somebody to speak by asking them questions or suggesting words that they could say
- prompt somebody She was too nervous to speak and had to be prompted.
- The program will prompt you to enter data where required.
- prompt (somebody) + speech ‘And then what happened?’ he prompted.
- [transitive, intransitive] prompt (somebody) to follow the text of a play and remind the actors what the words are if they forget their linesTopics Film and theatrec2
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