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Noun
S:
(n)
suggestion
,
prompting
(persuasion formulated as a suggestion)
S:
(n)
prompt
,
prompting
(a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken))
"the audience could hear his prompting"
Verb
S:
(v)
motivate
,
actuate
,
propel
,
move
,
prompt
,
incite
(give an incentive for action)
"This moved me to sacrifice my career"
S:
(v)
prompt
,
inspire
,
instigate
(serve as the inciting cause of)
"She prompted me to call my relatives"
S:
(v)
prompt
,
remind
,
cue
(assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned)