prompted
past simple and past participle ofprompt
| 单词 | prompted |
| 释义 | prompted past simple and past participle ofprompt prompt verb[T] uk/prɒmpt/us/prɑːmpt/promptverb[T](CAUSE)to make somethinghappen: The bishop'sspeechhas prompted anangryresponsefrom bothpoliticalparties. Recentworriesover the president'shealthhave promptedspeculationover hispoliticalfuture. promptsomeoneto dosomething C2 to make someonedecideto say or do something: What prompted you to say that? I don'tknowwhat prompted him toleave.
Causing things to happen
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Affecting and influencing promptverb[T](HELP REMEMBER)tohelpsomeone,especiallyanactor, torememberwhat they were going to say or do: Iforgotmylineand had to be prompted. Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
Examplesofpromptedprompted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Activities disrupted very passive situations,promptedpeople into action, into relating with each other, producing laughter, silliness and even pride. From theCambridge English Corpus Part of the increase in knowledge was due to the way the questions were asked, as there was such a great increase withpromptedqueries. From theCambridge English Corpus Looking at events in individual countries, the conclusion that cost containment haspromptedpublic backlash is considerably strengthened. From theCambridge English Corpus Quite whatpromptedthese painful outpourings is unclear. From theCambridge English Corpus Prefacing the turn with and presents the action and itspromptedrequest as timely and occurring routinely next in sequence. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, it is exactly the sort of denial thatpromptedthe formulation of the neutrality thesis in the first place. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, there is a widespread consensus that the riots in 1966 and 1967promptedmajor developments in social welfare. From theCambridge English Corpus Households and enterprises are thuspromptedinto accounting for environmental costs in their plans, programmes and budgets without impairing the allocative efficiency of the market. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, the exceptional lines havepromptedcomments in traditional literature. From theCambridge English Corpus To the majority of readers who knew nothing of the trial, this second edition had simply beenpromptedby popular demand. From theCambridge English Corpus This combination of admiration and incredulitypromptedmuch talk and laughter, again serving to disrupt passivity and orderly routine. From theCambridge English Corpus Promptedby these real concerns, my research interests veered toward macroeconomics, but, here again, uncertainty matters, under incomplete markets. From theCambridge English Corpus The article argues that, whilst aesthetic influences played a part in this transition, it was chieflypromptedby the sentimentalization of familial ideals. From theCambridge English Corpus This observationpromptedresearch on environmental factors, which control flowering in lentil. From theCambridge English Corpus As each successive word in the sentence isprompted, the previous word disappears. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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