prompting
3.9
A quiet cue that helps a performer remember their next line
- noun
- /ˈprɑːmptɪŋ/
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indicación
- The actor forgot his lines, but the director's prompting helped him continue with the scene.
Examples
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But after several promptings, Doe came out, and the audience cheered him.
Fiction book (1992) -
On Adam's prompting, Raphael goes on to describe the exaltation, the anointing of the Son of God.
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With a gentle prompting, the teacher reminded the students to present their projects.
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After her prompting, he finally remembered to call his mother on her birthday.
Synonyms
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3.4
A short signal that tells someone to speak or act
is a reminder for performers, often starting their next line in a play
How Specific
Surface Forms
prompting singular
promptings plural
Morphology
Etymology
Prompting comes from prompt, a word that meant 'bring forward' and became a short cue in the theatre. A prompting is therefore a quick reminder that helps an actor begin the next line.