What part of speech is prompted?

Prompted can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. prompted is a verb, past participle of prompt (infinitive).
  • 2. prompted is a verb, past simple of prompt (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does prompted mean?

Definitions

Verb

prompt - assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
prompt - serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
prompt - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

Examples of prompted

#   Sentence  
1. verb All the outside participants will be prompted to enter their access code, which is 600-480.
2. verb His curiosity prompted him to ask questions.
3. verb Conflicting reports prompted the director to reconsider her position.
4. verb You play the game by pounding the table when prompted, until the end where you flip the table over to send simulated food and cutlery flying.
5. verb Me and Tal's recent discussion prompted me to ask you. I expect cats to taste better than dogs. Agree?
6. verb What prompted you to move out?
7. verb I was wondering what prompted that decision.
8. verb Sir schoolboy, it's all, all been prompted to you. The correct answer is, naturally, a cook!
9. verb Recent events have prompted us to take action.
10. verb It would be nice if you could volunteer the information without being prompted.
11. verb The population of the region dropped precipitously over the last decades, which prompted action by the local authorities to promote higher birth rates and attract immigration.
12. verb What prompted that?
13. verb What prompted you to do that?
14. verb Abalone once supported important commercial and recreational fisheries in California, but the impacts of overfishing and disease have prompted the listing of two species of abalone, white and black, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
15. verb The influx of Chinese tourists was mainly prompted by the popular Japanese animator and movie director Hayao Miyazaki, who used Civita as a backdrop for the Oscar-award winning feature film, The Enchanted City.
Sentence  
verb
All the outside participants will be prompted to enter their access code, which is 600-480.
His curiosity prompted him to ask questions.
Conflicting reports prompted the director to reconsider her position.
You play the game by pounding the table when prompted, until the end where you flip the table over to send simulated food and cutlery flying.
Me and Tal's recent discussion prompted me to ask you. I expect cats to taste better than dogs. Agree?
What prompted you to move out?
I was wondering what prompted that decision.
Sir schoolboy, it's all, all been prompted to you. The correct answer is, naturally, a cook!
Recent events have prompted us to take action.
It would be nice if you could volunteer the information without being prompted.
The population of the region dropped precipitously over the last decades, which prompted action by the local authorities to promote higher birth rates and attract immigration.
What prompted that?
What prompted you to do that?
Abalone once supported important commercial and recreational fisheries in California, but the impacts of overfishing and disease have prompted the listing of two species of abalone, white and black, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
The influx of Chinese tourists was mainly prompted by the popular Japanese animator and movie director Hayao Miyazaki, who used Civita as a backdrop for the Oscar-award winning feature film, The Enchanted City.

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