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prompt

verb [T] (HELP REMEMBER)
 
 
/prɒmpt/ US  /prɑːmpt/

Definition

to help someone, especially an actor, to remember what they were going to say or do: I forgot my line and had to be prompted.Acting, rehearsing and performing
(Definition of prompt verb (HELP REMEMBER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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