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{
"term": "cue",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/ho/hobbies_darts_pool.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something",
"sensetop": "cue (for something)cue to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Jon's arrival was a cue for more champagne.",
"contextForm": "cue (for something)"
},
{
"text": "I think that's my cue to explain why I'm here.",
"contextForm": "cue to do something"
},
{
"text": "Her husband took his cue, and said that it was time for them to leave."
},
{
"text": "This remark provided the cue for the crowd to start jeering."
},
{
"text": "This was the cue for her to come into the room."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["visual"],
"verb + cue": ["wait for", "follow", "take"],
"preposition": ["on cue", "cue for"],
"phrases": ["right on cue", "take your cue from somebody/something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a few words or an action in a play that is a signal for another actor to do something",
"sensetop": "cue (to do something)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She stood in the wings and waited for her cue to go on."
},
{
"text": "He had not yet been given the cue to go on to the stage."
}
],
"topics": ["Film and theatre"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["visual"],
"verb + cue": ["wait for", "follow", "take"],
"preposition": ["on cue", "cue for"],
"phrases": ["right on cue", "take your cue from somebody/something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a long wooden stick with a leather tip, used for hitting the ball in the games of billiards, pool and snooker",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "at exactly the moment you expect or that is appropriate",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Where is that boy?’ As if on cue, Simon appeared in the doorway."
},
{
"text": "I can't just cry on cue!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to copy what somebody else does as an example of how to behave or what to do",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Investors are taking their cue from the big banks and selling dollars."
},
{
"text": "They all took their cue from their leader."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kjuː/",
"audio": "cu/cue/cue__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kjuː/",
"audio": "cu/cue/cue__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin. noun sense 3 mid 18th cent. (denoting a long plait or pigtail): variant of queue."
}