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prompt

 
 
/prɒmpt/ verb [T]

Translation

CAUSE to cause something
harekete geçirmek; teşvik etmek, zorlamak; ...a/e neden olmak
His remarks prompted a lot of discussion.1865
prompt sb to do sth to cause someone to do sth
bir şeyi yapmasına sebep olmak; cesaretlendirmek, teşvik etmek; zorlamak
What prompted him to leave?1865
HELP REMEMBER to help someone, often an actor, remember what they were going to say or do
sufle yapmak; bir oyuncuya söyleyeceklerini/rolünü hatırlatmak
1466
(Definition of prompt verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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