prompted
v.v. to make someone decide to do something or to cause something to happen. You use it when an event or a thought acts as a reason for an action.
v. to incite or move a person to action; to serve as the inciting cause of an event or reaction. Transitive — requires a direct object or a following infinitive clause.
The loud noise prompted her to look outside.
The sudden drop in sales prompted the manager to reconsider the company's marketing strategy for the next quarter.
While the initial protest was peaceful, the heavy-handed police response prompted a wider public outcry that eventually led to significant legislative reform.
The verb is transitive and often takes an object followed by a 'to-infinitive' (e.g., 'prompted him to go').
The news prompted to a changeThe news prompted a changePrompted is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'to' before its direct object.