cue

US /kju/

UK /kju:/

B2

noun

  • Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
  • Signal telling when you have to do something

verb

  • To give a signal telling someone when to act/speak

Examples

Her husband took his cue, and said that it was time for them to leave.

She had not yet been given the cue to go on to the stage.