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cue1 [kyoo] Show IPA
noun
1.
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action: An off-stage door slam was his cue to enter.
2.
anything that excites to action; stimulus.
3.
a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion.
4.
the part a person is to play; a prescribed or necessary course of action.
5.
a sensory signal used to identify experiences, facilitate memory, or organize responses.
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verb (used with object), cued, cu·ing.
7.
to provide with a cue or indication; give a cue to; prompt: Will you cue me on my lines?
8.
to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a musical or dramatic performance (usually followed by in or into ): to cue in a lighting effect.
9.
to search for and reach (a specific track on a recording) (sometimes followed by up ).
Idioms
10.
cue (someone) in, Informal. to inform; give instructions, information, news, etc., to: Cue him in on the plans for the dance.
11.
miss a cue,
a.
to fail to respond to a cue.
b.
Informal. to miss the point: You could tell by his expression that he had missed a cue.
queue Use Queue in a sentence
queue [kyoo] Show IPA
noun
1.
a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
2.
a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn.
3.
Computers. a FIFO-organized sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action.
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), queued, queu·ing.
4.
to form in a line while waiting (often followed by up ).
5.
Computers. to arrange (data, jobs, messages, etc.) into a queue.
Side note: Cue is also the name of the end of a pool stick.
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