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What Is The Difference Between "Cue" And "Queue"?
Homophones are words that sound the same but mean different things (and are often times spelled differently too). "Queue" and "cue" are examples of homophones. Do you know what they both mean?
Idioms about cue
- to fail to respond to a cue.
- Informal. to miss the point: You could tell by his expression that he had missed a cue.
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What does cue mean?
A cue is any planned action that triggers an actor’s response or line of dialogue in performance art, as in I’m so embarrassed that I missed my cue to walk on stage!
A cue is more generally something that triggers an action, as in The teacher handing out the test was our cue to put our books away.
A cue can also be a hint, I should have seen my mother’s angry face as my cue to apologize.
To cue means to provide a hint or prompt for an action, as in The actors cued each other during rehearsal so they could memorize all the cues.
To cue can also mean to insert or direct to come in, as in Cue the music, and raise the curtain!
Example: Juan came in on cue but flubbed his line, so we had to reshoot the scene.
Where does cue come from?
The first records of the term cue come from around 1545. It is the spelled name of the abbreviation q for the Latin quandō, meaning “when.” The abbreviation was used in acting scripts.
Cue is mostly used as a noun, but there are several phrases that use cue uniquely. For example, if you are on cue, you’re performing at the correct time when prompted by a cue. And if you cue in your little sister about your parents’ feelings about shouting, you’re informing her about something you and your parents already know. If your sister doesn’t understand what you’re trying to tell her, you can say she has missed a cue.
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How is cue used in real life?
Cue is often used in performance art or as an indirect reference to performing.
TMRW IS CHRISTMAS but it doesnt really feel like it AND THATS OK BC IT STILL IS but i need to find some holiday cheer QUICK CUE THE MUSIC
— connor (@connorfranta) December 24, 2015
Shot a video outside today. A nice, quiet, warm day.
As soon as I turned the mic on, cue the trucks, helicopters, jackhammers, and loud noises
Definitely just set a record for longest blooper reel of all time 😭
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) April 13, 2018
chalking my spraying water
pool cue from the iron
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No idea what it does but
makes me feel powerful— Rhys James (@rhysjamesy) February 22, 2020
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Is cue used correctly in the following sentence?
I cued up for the tickets earlier today.