: to assist (someone who is acting or reciting) by suggesting or saying the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned : cue. The app prompted me for a password.

PROMPTING definition: 1. the act of trying to make someone say something: 2. the act of trying to make someone say…. Learn more.

If you respond to prompting, you do what someone encourages or reminds you to do. The team needed little prompting from their coach.

prompting (ˈprɒmptɪŋ) n 1. the act of refreshing the memory of 2. the act of giving rise to by suggestion

Definition of prompting noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. an act of persuading somebody to do something. He wrote the letter without further prompting. Never again would …

Aug 14, 2025 · Noun [edit] prompting (plural promptings) The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something. quotations

performed at once or without delay: a prompt reply. quick to act or respond: [be + ~] was prompt in answering our phone call. [~ + to + verb] They were prompt to deny the allegations. v. to …