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cue

noun

1 cue

An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.

Roget 527: information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge etc. 490; publicity etc. 531; data etc. 467.    communication, ... show more

Roget 617: pretext, pretense, pretension, plea; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse etc. (vindication) 937; ... show more

Roget 625: business, occupation, employment; pursuit etc. 622; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case.    matter in hand, ... show more

2 cue

Evidence that helps to solve a problem.

synonyms: clew, clue.

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

Dutch: spoor, aanwijzing
Polish: poszlaka

3 cue

A stimulus that provides information about what to do.

synonym: discriminative stimulus.

4 cue

Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards.

synonyms: cue stick, pool cue, pool stick.

Polish: bil

verb

1 cue

Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.

synonyms: prompt, remind.


Moby thesaurus: actor, advice, agate, aide-memoire, alerting, antagonist, antihero, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bit, bit part, blocks, book, braid, broad hint, brush, bun ... show more.

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