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n. (communication) | 1. cue | an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech. |
| ~ actor's line, words, speech | words making up the dialogue of a play.; "the actor forgot his speech" |
| ~ prompt, prompting | a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken).; "the audience could hear his prompting" |
n. (communication) | 2. clew, clue, cue | evidence that helps to solve a problem. |
| ~ evidence | an indication that makes something evident.; "his trembling was evidence of his fear" |
| ~ sign, mark | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened).; "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring" |
n. (cognition) | 3. cue, discriminative stimulus | a stimulus that provides information about what to do. |
| ~ stimulant, stimulus, stimulation, input | any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action. |
n. (artifact) | 4. cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards. |
| ~ sports implement | an implement used in a sport. |
| ~ stock | the handle end of some implements or tools.; "he grabbed the cue by the stock" |
v. (communication) | 5. cue, prompt, remind | assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned. |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
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