"cue up" meaning in All languages combined

See cue up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cue up.ogg Forms: cues up [present, singular, third-person], cuing up [participle, present], cueing up [participle, present], cued up [participle, past], cued up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|pres_ptc2=cueing up}} cue up (third-person singular simple present cues up, present participle cuing up or cueing up, simple past and past participle cued up)
  1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc. Categories (topical): Billiards, Snooker, Sports
    Sense id: en-cue_up-en-verb-CoIbLAe1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 12 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 31 32 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 26 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 26 24 26 Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports
  2. (idiomatic) To set up people or things so as to be ready for their cues (such as backstage). Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cue_up-en-verb-XI~DXSyw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 12 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 31 32 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 26 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 26 24 26
  3. (transitive) To set up a recording to start at the correct time. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cue_up-en-verb-UPoXf93M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 12 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 31 32 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 26 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 26 24 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cue up.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} cue up
  1. Misspelling of queue up. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: queue up
    Sense id: en-cue_up-en-verb-vxg0Am2J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 12 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 26 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 26 24 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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