dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cue_MW.json
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{
"cue":{
"antonyms":[
"column",
"file",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"string",
"train"
],
"definitions":{
": a feature indicating the nature of something perceived":[
"The expressions on people's faces give us visual cues about their feelings."
],
": a leather-tipped tapering rod for striking the cue ball (as in billiards and pool)":[],
": a long-handled instrument with a concave head for shoving disks in shuffleboard":[],
": a signal (such as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or action":[
"That last line is your cue to exit the stage."
],
": mood , humor":[],
": queue":[],
": queue sense 2":[],
": something serving a comparable purpose : hint":[
"I'll take that yawn as my cue to leave."
],
": the letter q":[],
": the part one has to perform in or as if in a play":[],
": to give a cue to : prompt":[
"cued the band to begin"
],
": to insert into a continuous performance":[
"cue in sound effects"
],
": to strike with a cue":[],
": to use a cue":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1755, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1784, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French queue , literally, tail, from Old French cue, coe, queue , from Latin cauda":"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English cu half a farthing (spelled form of q , abbreviation for Latin quadrans quarter of an as)":"Noun",
"probably from qu , abbreviation (used as a direction in actors' copies of plays) of Latin quando when":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ky\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"clue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"lead",
"suggestion"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101956",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}