1928, from cue (n.1). Related: Cued, cueing.

"billiard stick," 1749, variant of queue (n.). Cue ball first recorded 1881.

"stage direction," 1550s, from Q, which was used 16c., 17c. in stage plays to indicate actors' entrances, probably as an abbreviation of Latin quando "when" (see quandary) or [..]

A technical term from psychological learning theory for the stimulus that impels some sort of action. An advertisement may be the cue leading to desire for or purchase of a product.

hint or marker.

an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech prompt: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotte [..]

a signal or sign for an actor to begin performing, from either another performer, from the director, or from within the script; a cue is often the last word of one character's line(s) of dialogue [..]

the signal (verbal or physical) for an actor to deliver his/her next line; the signal for a lighting change or sound effect.

An electronic or physical signal given to an actor to begin performing.

(1) To prepare a piece of audio or video so that it starts at the beginning at the press of a button. (2) A signal in a studio that an item is about to start or end.

A signal in words or signs that initiates action, dialogue, effects, or other aspects of a production, such as an indication from a director for a performer or interview subject to begin or end. Exact [..]

A signal in a script or by word or gesture to begin or to stop.

(n) an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech(n) evidence that helps to solve a problem(n) a stimulus that provides information about what to do [..]

A signal or direction used to assist a person in performing an activity (telling a person the initial of your first name serves as a cue when he or she cannot remember your name.) [Click Here to Retur [..]

The tail of a sentence (French, queue), the catch-word which indicates when another actor is to speak; a hint; the state of a person’s temper, as “So-and-so is in a good cue (or) bad [..]

An individual musical fragment intended to be used in a motion picture or TV/radio show episode. The musical fragment may be part of a sequence of cues intended to segue without interruption between t [..]

A indicator to an operator for control placement, tells the operator where to place controls; Synonyms: command

 A signal to begin a segment or piece of music, usually in a radio drama.

The Claims Underwriting Exchange. It is a database of insurance claims details provided by most insurance companies. Insurance companies that participate in CUE are able to check the database for any [..]

1) to prepare a song to be played. Normally a Dj chooses a point from which to begin a tune that is the beginning of the first beat of the first bar, or occasionally the beginning of the audio if thes [..]

An individual  piece of music as used in the film.

An individual musical fragment intended to be used in scoring a motion picture or TV/radio show episode. The musical fragment may be part of a sequence of cues intended to Segue without interruption b [..]

The action, line, or phrase of dialogue that signals your character to move or speak.

Hand signal by the Stage Manager

Signals for an action; that specific portion of a perceptual field or pattern of stimuli to which a subject has learned to respond.

Signal given to a dog to elicit a desired behavior. “Cue” and “command” are traditionally synonymous, but the word “command” is not commonly used in reward-based training, as it has a connotation of u [..]

A stimulus which sets the occasion for a particular response. The technical term for cue is discriminative stimulus (Sd or S^)

the last words of an actor's speech, which is the signal for the next actor to begin

A indicator to an operator for control placement, tells the operator where to place controls; Synonyms: command

cue-bid

A marker appended to music segments to indicate a key point, such as its entry or exit point.

Coalition of University Employees

1) The signal fed back to the musicians through headphones. 2) To set the tape or disc so that the intended selection will immediately play when the tape machine or player is started. 3) A location po [..]

An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something. *la|quadrans farthing) in the buttery books.

Confidential Unit Exclusion, a procedure which allowed a donor to designate that donated blood be used for research, rather than for transfusion. The donor would "confidentially" exclude the unit of blood donated if he was in a high risk group for HIV infection without having to publicly exclude himself from donating blood.