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CUES

"CUES" is a plural of: cue.

Date "CUES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)


Specialty Definition: CUES

DomainDefinition

Health

Signals for an action; that specific portion of a perceptual field or pattern of stimuli to which a subject has learned to respond. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CUES

English words defined with "CUES": bagatelle, bar billiardsfeltperceivedsensed. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CUES": ball rackerCue avoidancedirector, broadcast, DIRECTOR, RADIOleansMANAGER, STAGEpoolroom attendant, PROP ATTENDANTSOUND CONTROLLER, studio technician-video operatortable attendant, TEACHER, HEARING IMPAIREDvideotape engineer, VIDEOTAPE OPERATOR. (references)

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Modern Usage: CUES

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You're not plowing 50 acres with a couple of pool cues. (Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time'; writing credit: Jerry Seinfeld)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CUES

DomainTitle

Books

  • Blue Book of Pool Cues (reference)

  • Cues and Entrances 10 Contemporary One Act Canadian Plays (reference)

  • Cues for Blues: Blues Pieces for One or Two Guitars with CD (Audio) (reference)

  • Golf, Learn Thru Auditory and Visual Cues (reference)

  • Taking Cues from Kids: How They Think * What to Do About It (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: CUES

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Hospitals, Germany. : Das Hospital zu Cues der Mosel(?). Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Reference librarian cues video]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CUES

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Scientists call external time cues zeitgebers (German for "time givers"). (references)

Learn to recognize and control environmental cues (like inviting smells) that make you want to eat when you're not hungry. (references)

Recently, special tools for measuring pain in children have been developed that, when combined with cues used by parents, help physicians select the most effective treatments. (references)

Political Economy

Panama

Not ideologically driven, Arnulfista Party faithful have generally taken their political cues from the top, although recently they have become more independent. (references)

Travel

Mexico

It is best to be observant and flexible, and to take cues from the Mexicans around you. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CUES

"CUES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.23% of the time. "CUES" is used about 339 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)98.23%33315,728
Lexical Verb (-s form)1.77%6143,867
                    Total100.00%339N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: CUES

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "CUES": time-cues.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CUES

Language Translations for "CUES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

synlig stoette for sprogopfattelsen ved mundaflaesning (visual cues of speech). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

visuele kenmerken van het spreken (visual cues of speech). (various references)

   

German

  

steht in eine Schlange. (various references)

   

Italian

  

movimenti per la lettura labiale (visual cues of speech). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uescay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: CUES

Derivations

Words beginning with "CUES": cuesta, cuestas. (additional references)

Words ending with "CUES": barbecues, curlicues, curlycues, fescues, miscues, rescues. (additional references)


Misspellings

"CUES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caues, Ccus, Cdes, cees, cese, Cesi, cesn, ceu, ceus, ceux, cias, Ciec, ciese, Cieza, cise, cles, clez, coes, cose, csu-ers, csuse, cueds, cuel, cuey, cuius, cumecs, cumes, cums, Cunes, Cunescu, cuns, cus, cusa, cuse, Cusk, cuso, cusx, keus, kue, kues, Ucet, Ucsf, zues. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CUES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "CUES" (pronounced kyuw"z)
4k y uw" zaccuse, excuse, miscues, queues, recuse, skews.
3-y uw" zabuse, amuse, bemuse, confuse, defuse, diffuse, disabuse, ewes, fuse, Hews, hues, infuse, misuse, muse, overuse, pews, refuse, reuse, reviews, revues, spews, suffuse, transfuse, use, views.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: CUES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ecus.

Words within the letters "c-e-s-u"

-1 letter: cue, ecu, sec, sue, use.

-2 letters: es, us.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-s-u"
 

+1 letter: cause, clues, cruse, cubes, cukes, cures, curse, cusec, cutes, duces, ecrus, luces, puces, sauce, scute, sucre.

 

+2 letters: accuse, acutes, casque, caules, caused, causer, causes, causey, cayuse, census, cercus, cereus, cerous, ceruse, cesium, cestus, cesura, chouse, chutes, clause, coleus, coupes, course, crouse, cruces, crudes, cruets, cruise, cruses, cruset, cruxes, cubebs, cubers, cuesta, cuisse, culets, cupels, curers, curets, curies, cursed, curser, curses, curves, cusecs, cusped, cussed, cusser, cusses, cutest, cutesy, cuteys, cuties, deuces, dunces, educes, educts, eructs, escudo, excuse, fauces, fescue, fucose, heuchs, incuse, juices, lucres, miscue, muches, mucose, muscae, muscle, oscule, ouches, ounces, rectus, recurs, recuse, recuts, rescue, ruches, sacque, sauced, saucer, sauces, scouse, scutes, secund, secure, seduce, sheuch, sluice, source, spruce, sucked, sucker, suckle, sucres, truces, tusche, ulcers, uncase, uncles, usance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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