Definition von cue

Häufigkeit

cue

(kjuː )

Wortformen:plural, 3rd person singular present tense cues , present participle cueing , past tense, past participle cued

1. zählbares Substantiv [oft with poss]

In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.

The actors not performing sit at the side of the stage in full view, waiting for their cues.

I had never known him miss a cue.

2. Verb

If one performer cues another, they say or do something which is a signal for the second performer to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.

He read the scene, with Seaton cueing him. [VERB noun]

3. zählbares Substantiv [NOUN to-infinitive]

If you say that something that happens is a cue for an action, you mean that people start doing that action when it happens.

That was the cue for several months of intense bargaining. [+ for]

That was Nicholas's cue to ask for another chocolate chip cookie.

4. zählbares Substantiv

A cue is a long, thin wooden stick that is used to hit the ball in games such as snooker, billiards, and pool.

Their youngest brother was nine when he picked up a cue for the first time.

on cue/as if on cue

take one's cue from

Weitere Synonyme von cue

Video: pronunciation of 'cue'

Häufigkeit

cue in American 1

(kju ; kyo̅o)

Substantiv

a bit of dialogue, action, or music that is a signal for an actor's entrance or speech, or for the working of curtains, lights, sound effects, etc.

2. Music

a gesture or written device used to signal the entry of one or more instrumentalists or vocalists

anything serving as a signal to do something

an indirect suggestion; hint

5. Rare

the role that one is assigned to play

a necessary course of action

6. Archaic

frame of mind; mood; temperament

7. Psychology

a secondary stimulus that guides behavior, often without entering consciousness

Verb transitivWortformen:cued, ˈcuing or ˈcueing

to give a cue to

Redewendungen:

cue in

Wortherkunft von cue

< q, Q, used in plays in 16th & 17th c. to indicate actors' entrances; prob. abbrev. of some L word (as quando, when, qualis, in what manner)

Häufigkeit

cue in American 2

(kju ; kyo̅o)

Substantiv

queue (sense 1)

a long, tapering, tipped rod used in billiards and pool to strike the cue ball

a long, shovel-like stick used in shuffleboard to push the disks

Verb transitivWortformen:cued, ˈcuing or ˈcueing

to braid (hair)

to strike (a cue ball) with a cue

Wortherkunft von cue

var. of queue

Häufigkeit

cue in British 1

(kjuː )

Substantiv

1. on cue

a signal or reminder to do something

3. psychology

the part of any sensory pattern that is identified as the signal for a response

the part, function, or action assigned to or expected of a person

VerbWortformen:cues, cueing or cued

5. (transitive)

to give a cue or cues to (an actor)

6. (usually foll by in or into)

to signal (to something or somebody) at a specific moment in a musical or dramatic performance

to cue in a flourish of trumpets

7. (transitive)

to give information or a reminder to (someone)

8. (intransitive)

to signal the commencement of filming, as with the word "Action!"

Wortherkunft von cue

C16: probably from name of the letter q, used in an actor's script to represent Latin quando when

Häufigkeit

cue in British 2

(kjuː )

Substantiv

1. billiards, snooker

a long tapered shaft with a leather tip, used to drive the balls

hair caught at the back forming a tail or braid

3. US a variant spelling of queue

VerbWortformen:cues, cueing or cued

to drive (a ball) with a cue

5. (transitive)

to twist or tie (the hair) into a cue

Wortherkunft von cue

C18: variant of queue

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