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prompting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | suggestion |
| Type of | persuasion, suasion |
| Derivation | prompt |
Examples of prompting
prompting
Reports in 2008 made similar allegations, prompting Baidu to apologise publicly.
From the economist.com
Clark hit her, prompting people in the house, including Brower, to confront him.
From the delawareonline.com
Papelbon was ejected, prompting him to charge toward Randazzo in a furious rage.
From the bostonherald.com
It's not the financial losses prompting our decision, it's the underutilization.
From the post-gazette.com
Prompting this outbreak will be Tuesday's release of Madden NFL 09 by EA Sports.
From the philly.com
Slowing inflation in 2003 sparked a rally, prompting brokerages to hire traders.
From the bloomberg.com
Any fever could have had the same result, prompting symptoms of autism, he said.
From the toledoblade.com
One way He does that is by our conscience, prompting us to get up and do better.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
But his play wasn't prompting talk that he already was an elite NFL quarterback.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Suggestion: persuasion formulated as a suggestion
- Prompt: a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"
- (prompt) according to schedule or without delay; on time; "the train is prompt"
- (prompt) motivate: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
- (prompt) (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
- (prompt) ready and willing or quick to act; "she is always prompt to help her friends";
- PROMPT, an acronym for Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes, is currently being built by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. ...
- (Prompt (theatre)) The prompt (sometimes prompter) in a theatre is traditionally the person who prompts or cues an actor when they forget their next line or neglect to move on the stage to where they are supposed to be situated.
- (prompt) Something that indicates when or where a response is appropriate; A suggestion for inspiration given to an author; To lead someone toward what they should say or do; - to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing; Ready, willing (to ...
