cue

/kjuː/ noun

Translation

ACTION/EVENT [C] › an action or event that is a sign that something should happen

ipucu, işaret, olay, hareket

The final goal was the cue for celebration.1213

SIGNAL [C] › a signal that tells someone to start speaking or doing something when acting in a play, film, etc

(oyun, film vb.) başlama işareti, replik

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on cue › If something happens on cue, it happens at exactly the right time.

tam zamanında, tam o esnada

Then, right on cue, Andrew appeared at the door.1544

take your cue from sb/sth › to copy what someone else does

birinin yaptığının aynısını yapmak, taklit etmek, zeklenmek

I took my cue from the others and left.1333

STICK [C] › a long, straight stick used to hit the balls in games like snooker (= a game played with small coloured balls on a table)

bilardo sopası, isteka

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(Definition of cue noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

whatever happens

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