- suggestion, prompting - persuasion formulated as a suggestion
--1 is a kind of persuasion, suasion
Derived form: verb prompt2 - prompt, prompting - a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"
--2 is a kind of cue
Derived form: verb prompt3
- motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
--1 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentence:
They prompt him to write the letter
- prompt, inspire, instigate - serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
--2 is one way to induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun prompting1
They prompt him to write the letter
- prompt, remind, cue - assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
--3 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun prompt1, noun prompter1, noun prompter2, noun prompting2
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody