Cues Word Meaning

mid 16th century: of unknown origin

a thing said or done that serves as a signal to an actor or other performer to enter or to begin their speech or performance

signal to actor to enter or begin

• she had not yet been given her cue to come out on to the dais

a facility for playing through an audio or video recording very rapidly until a desired starting point is reached.

facility for finding starting point of recording

give a cue to or for

give cue to

• Ros and Guil, cued by Hamlet, also bow deeply

set a piece of audio or video equipment in readiness to play (a particular part of the recorded material)

set equipment to play recorded material

• there was a pause while she cued up the next tape