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teleprompt

teleprompt verb: to prompt (a speaker) by means of a teleprompter, displaying the text that is to be read.

Verb

teleprompt (third-person singular simple present teleprompts, present participle teleprompting, simple past and past participle teleprompted)

  1. (transitive) To prompt (a speaker) by means of a teleprompter, displaying the text that is to be read.
    • a teleprompted speech

Noun

teleprompt (plural teleprompts)

  1. Synonym of teleprompter.
    Synonyms:
    teleprompter

Synonyms of teleprompt

Forms of teleprompt

Verb
third-person singular presentteleprompts
present participleteleprompting
past participleteleprompted
pastteleprompted
Noun
pluralteleprompts

Origin of teleprompt

Back-formation from teleprompter.

Words formed from teleprompt

Questions about teleprompt

What does teleprompt mean?
Teleprompt means to prompt (a speaker) by means of a teleprompter, displaying the text that is to be read.
What part of speech is teleprompt?
Teleprompt can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of teleprompt?
The past tense of teleprompt is teleprompted.

Words near teleprompt in the dictionary

  1. teleprogramme
  2. teleprogrammed
  3. teleprogrammes
  4. teleprogramming
  5. teleprograms
  6. teleprompt
  7. teleprompted
  8. teleprompter
  9. teleprompterless
  10. teleprompters
  11. teleprompting

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