prompter

prompt

 (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.

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prompter

(ˈprɒmptə)

n

1. (Theatre) a person offstage who reminds the actors of forgotten lines or cues

2. a person, thing, etc, that prompts

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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]

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prompter

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

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prompter - someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech theater prompter assistant, 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 read autocue device - 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

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Translations

مُلَقِّن، مُذَكِّر الممَثِّل بالكَلِمات

nápovědasuflér

sufflør

SouffleurSouffleuse

apuntador

souffleursouffleuse

felbujtósúgó

hvíslari

suggeritore

sufflør

suflersuflerka

šepkár

suflör

提词员敦促者

prompter

[ˈprɒmptəʳ] N (Theat) → apuntador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

prompter

[ˈprɒmptə^r] n (THEATRE) → souffleur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

prompter

n → Souffleur m, → Souffleuse f; (= tele-prompter) → Teleprompter m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

prompter

[ˈprɒmptəʳ] n (Theatre) → suggeritore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

prompt²

(prompt) verb

1. to persuade to do something. What prompted you to say that? oorreed, oortuig يُقْنِع، يُحَفِّز، يَجْعَل подтиквам levar a přimět antreiben tilskynde παρακινώ, υπαγορεύω, πείθωmover, incitar, provocar ajendama واداشتن yllyttää pousser à לְדוֹבֵב प्रेरित करना, प्रोत्साहन देना buzdít, késztet mendorong knÿja til spingere ～させる 촉구하다 (pa)skatinti []mudināt; likt mendorong bewegen tot bevege/overtale til skłonić پارول levar a face побуждать prinútiť spodbosti podstaći driva, förmå ชักจูง sevketmek, yaptırmak 促使 спонукати; нагадувати اکسانا، تحريک دينا thúc đẩy 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. influister يُلَقِّن، يُذَكِّر المُمَثِّل بالكَلِمات подсказвам lembrar napovídat soufflieren sufflere υπενθυμίζω, υπαγορεύωapuntar ette ütlema یادآوری کردن kuiskata souffler לִלחוֹש जताना, सुझाना súg mengingatkan kata-kata yang harus diucapkan kepada seorang aktor hvísla, gefa stikkorð suggerire せりふ付けをする 잊은 말을 생각나가 하다 sufleruoti suflēt; teikt priekšā membantu ingat soufflerensufflere suflować ورپه يادول lembrar a sufla подсказывать, суфлировать našepkávať prišepetavati podsetiti sufflera ผู้บอกบท sufle etmek 為演員提詞 підказувати ياد دہاني کرنا nhắc vở 为演员提白

ˈprompter noun

influisteraar مُلَقِّن، مُذَكِّر الممَثِّل بالكَلِمات суфлъор, подбудител ponto nápověda der Souffleur/die Souffleuse sufflør υποβολέας apuntador suflöör یادآور kuiskaaja souffleur/-euse לַחשָׁן अनुबोधक, प्रेरक, प्रोत्साहक felbujtó; súgó pembisik hvíslari suggeritore, suggeritrice プロンプター 격려자, 고무자 sufleris suflieris; priekšāteicējs pembantu ingat souffleursufflørsufler را په زړه كول،په ياد راوړل ponto sufleor суфлёр šepkár šepetalec šaptač sufflör, sufflös ผู้บอกบท suflör 敦促者，提詞員 суфлер محرک، اکسانے والا người nhắc vở 敦促者，提词员

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