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prompt side

American  
Or prompt-side

noun

Theater.
  1. the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. P.S.


prompt side British  

noun

  1. theatre the side of the stage where the prompter is, usually to the actor's left in Britain and to his right in the United States

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of prompt side

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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But she and others are concerned that targeting human proteins could prompt side effects.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2023

She turned her back on all the amiable and intellectual babble, descended three steps on the prompt side, and opened a door.

From The Regent by Bennett, Arnold

"Then who is it at the back of the box on the prompt side?"

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

In an upper box on the prompt side he saw the dark face and eager eyes of the Rajah of Ahbad.

From The Slave of Silence by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

I went downstairs, and waited on the prompt side.

From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)