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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

Locomotion being rendered easier, I hurried round to the prompt side.

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

There he sits, Row B., three stalls from the end, prompt side!

From The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

You, Mignon, you'll do me the pleasure of staying over here on the prompt side, and you, Fauchery, if you leave the O.P. side I'll chuck you out of the theater.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola

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

From The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie

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