Definition/Meaning of cue

• English - Noun: cue (plural cues) The name of the Latin script letter Q / q . 2008, John Clark Pratt, Vietnam Voices: Perspectives on the War Years, 1941–1975, page 315: "My name is Quinn," said Quinn. " Cue -you-eye-en-en." (UK, obsolete) A small portion of bread or beer ; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books. cue (plural…
• English - Verb: cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued) To give someone a cue signal. Cue the cameraman, and action! (broadly) To spark or provoke . These techniques can cue an open dialogue with your interviewer. 2016 September 28, Tom English, “Celtic 3–3 Manchester City”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), BBC…
• English - External links: cue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 cue in The Century Dictionary , The Century Co ., New York , 1911
• English - Anagrams: ecu , écu UCE
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū , kū . Compare French ku . Etymology 2. From earlier qu, abbreviation of Latin quandō (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin. Etymology 3. Variant of queue , from French queue (“tail”).