Definitions for prompters

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prompters prompt·er

Spelling: [promp-ter]

IPA: /ˈprɒmp tər/

Prompters is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 382 anagrams from letters in prompters (emopprrst).

Definitions for prompters

noun

1. a person or thing that prompts.
2. Theater. a person who is offstage and follows a play in progress from the book, repeating missed cues and supplying actors with forgotten lines.
3. an electronic or mechanical device for prompting a speaker or performer.
4. Commerce. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note) the contract setting the time limit.
5. the act of prompting.
6. something serving to suggest or remind.
7. Computers. a message or symbol from a computer system to a user, generally appearing on a display screen, requesting more information or indicating that the system is ready for user instructions.

Idioms

1. take a prompt, (in acting) to move or speak in response to a cue.

adjective

1. done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay:
2. ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands.
3. quick or alert:
4. punctual.

verb (used with object)

1. to move or induce to action:
2. to occasion or incite; inspire:
3. to assist (a person speaking) by suggesting something to be said.
4. Theater. to supply (an actor, singer, etc.) from offstage with a missed cue or forgotten line.

verb (used without object)

1. Theater. to supply forgotten lines, lyrics, or the like to an actor, singer, etc.

Origin of prompters

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at prompt, -er¹

Examples for prompters

The higher the state of civilization the prompter is everything done.

She breathed heavily, and looked around as if for a prompter.

The prompter was at his post, but took no earthly notice of the scene.

"Cue," said the prompter, close to her side, but she did not hear.

The prompter was dismissed, but the three actresses began to complain.

"She ought to marry the prompter or the box-keeper," said Nash.

Necessity is the prompter of ingenuity, and the suggestion came from that source.

The prompter read your lines, but everything has gone to pieces.

When you were standing there and realized the wrong speech was in the prompter, what was going through your mind?

On that note, Michael, reading the prompter again in March said, “I will sing all the songs my fans want to hear.”