prompter

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P0594200 (prŏmpt)adj. prompt·er, prompt·est 1. Being on time; punctual.2. Carried out or performed without delay: a prompt reply.tr.v. prompt·ed, prompt·ing, prompts 1. To move to act; spur; incite: A noise prompted the guard to go back and investigate.2. To give rise to; inspire: The accident prompted a review of school safety policy.3. To assist with a reminder; remind.4. To assist (an actor or reciter) by providing the next words of a forgotten passage; cue.n.1. a. The act of prompting or giving a cue.b. A reminder or cue.2. Computers A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.3. Something which inspires a response, especially a statement or series of questions designed to provoke creative or critical thought from a student: In English class today, the teacher gave us the prompt for our final essay.

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[Middle English, ready, from Old French, from Latin prōmptus, from past participle of prōmere, to bring forth : prō-, forth; see pro-¹ + emere, to take, obtain; see em- in Indo-European roots.]

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prompt′er n.promp′ti·tude′ (prŏmp′tĭ-to͞od′, -tyo͞od′), prompt′ness (prŏmpt′nĭs) n.prompt′ly adv.

prompter

(ˈprɒmptə) n1. (Theatre) a person offstage who reminds the actors of forgotten lines or cues2. a person, thing, etc, that prompts

prompt•er

(ˈprɒmp tər)

n. 1. a person or thing that prompts. 2. a person situated offstage who supplies missed cues, forgotten lines, etc., during a performance. 3. an electronic or mechanical device, as a TelePrompTer, for prompting a speaker or performer. [1400–50]

prompter

A person who, unseen by the audience, reminds an onstage actor of his or her lines by whispering them.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prompter - someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speechtheater prompterassistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
	2.	prompter - a device that displays words for people to readautocuedevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"Teleprompter - a prompter for television performers

Translations

提词员敦促者

prompt²

(prompt) verb1. to persuade to do something. What prompted you to say that? 促使 促使2. to remind (especially an actor) of the words that he is to say. Several actors forgot their words and had to be prompted. 為演員提詞 为演员提白ˈprompter noun 敦促者，提詞員 敦促者，提词员