Prompting and Urging

Prompting

Prompting noun - A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken).

Urging and prompting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Urging" instead a noun "Prompting".

Nearby Words: prompt, prompted, promptness, prompter

Urging

Urging noun - The act of earnestly supporting or encouraging.
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Synonyms for Urging

Prompting and urging are semantically related. You can use "Prompting" instead a noun "Urging".

Nearby Words: urge, urged

Both words in one sentence

  • In The Last Witch Hunter, when the Witch Queen is on the verge of total victory and Kaulder lays on the ground, powerless, he has a vision of his deceased wife and daughter urging him to fight on, prompting him to figure out a way to gain the upper hand again.
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