prompt
B2Frequent NGSL-3UK /prɒmpt/US /prɑːmpt/
Meaning
verb
to make somebody decide to do something; to cause something to happen
“prompt something, The discovery of the bomb prompted an increase in security.”
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“It's really prompted by a conversation I had with a wonderful woman who maybe most people have never heard of, Gillian Lynne.”
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It's really prompted by a conversation I had with a wonderful woman who maybe most people have never heard of, Gillian Lynne.
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