Synonyms for cue

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kyoo

Phonetic Transcription : kyu

Top 10 synonyms for cue

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Définition of cue

Origin : "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 similar Latin adverb. Shakespeare has it as both Q and cue.

noun signal to act

Example sentences :

Provost heard my "cue" on the stage, and pushed me gently forward.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

She left things as they were, taking her cue from the boy in despite of her desire.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Simonne gives the cue: 'Here are the guests,' and I come in.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

Stephen, taking his cue from his sister, was morose and silent, also.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Even M. Binet appeared to be waiting for a cue from Scaramouche.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

And deliberately, almost brutally, Arnold refused to accept the cue.
Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse

The peasants took their cue from the Parisians, and treated every castle as a Bastille.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

"Don't be nervous, boy," said my father, handing me his cue.
Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

It gave him his cue—the first word of a part in the human drama.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

My cue was to pretend to believe him, and to make him hope for mercy.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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