promptingnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈprɒmp.tɪŋ/us/ˈprɑːmp.tɪŋ/the act of trying to make someone say something:
[ + to infinitive ] Kids of that age really shouldn't need prompting to say thank you for things.
Amazingly - without any prompting - my husband actually said how nice I looked in my new dress!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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