noun
teleprompter
TEH-luh-prahmp-tuhr
noun
1
A screen near a camera that scrolls a script so a speaker can read it while appearing to talk naturally to the audience.
"The news anchor read the headlines straight off the teleprompter."
"Politicians often use a teleprompter for major speeches."
How to Use Teleprompter
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe scrolling-script screen that lets someone on camera read their lines while looking at the audience.
Common pairings
read off the teleprompter
use a teleprompter
Word Forms
teleprompters plural
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Etymology
From tele- and prompter; originally a trademarked name, TelePrompTer, that became a generic term for the device.