What is the meaning of prompting?

noun

• Persuasion formulated as a suggestion.
  • synonyms: suggestion
• A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken. )
  • usage: "the audience could hear his prompting"
  • synonyms: prompt

verb

• Give an incentive for action.
  • usage: "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  • synonyms: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
• Serve as the inciting cause of.
  • usage: "She prompted me to call my relatives"
  • synonyms: prompt, inspire, instigate
• Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.
  • synonyms: prompt, remind, cue