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to help someone, often an actor, remember what they were going to say or do. prompt. adjective. uk / prɒmpt / us. B2. done or acting quickly and without waiting, or arriving at the correct time: a prompt reply. prompt payment. promptly.
verb (used with object) to move or induce to action: What prompted you to say that? to occasion or incite; inspire: What prompted his resignation? to assist (a person speaking) by suggesting something to be said: It's obvious that this witness has been prompted into giving false testimony.
prompt. [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.
