cued
Given a prompt
Cued is the past tense of cue, meaning to give a signal for action.
An actor is cued to enter the stage; a sound effect is cued to play at a precise moment.
She cued the music and the dancers began.
In billiards, to cue is to strike a ball with a cue stick: He cued the break shot perfectly.
Caused to act
- signaledConveyed through indication
- indicatedShowed or suggested
- gesturedMade a physical signal
- notifiedTold of something
alerted · flagged · motioned · nodded · waved · beckoned · triggered · reminded
What prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- associativeConnecting by relationship
- primedMade ready beforehand
triggered · reinforcement · memory · recall · behaviorism · classical · operant · habituation
Point of access
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- actorOne who portrays characters
- stageRaised performance platform
- wingsLimbs for flight
prompt · backstage · blocking · timing · script · director · rehearsal · mark
prompted
Caused to act
notified · alerted · flagged · motioned · nodded · waved · beckoned · triggered · reminded · hinted
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- associativeConnecting by relationship
primed · triggered · reinforcement · memory · recall · behaviorism · classical · operant · habituation · learned
entrance
Point of access
wings · prompt · backstage · blocking · timing · script · director · rehearsal · mark · spotlight
ball
Spherical plaything or gala
table · rack · chalk · bridge · english · pocket · stroke · aim · tip · masse
track
Path or monitored route
broadcast · DJ · mix · edit · timeline · marker · sync · fade · tape · engineer
cuedunprompted
Done without being asked
unsignaled · spontaneous · unguided · uncoached · undirected
cuedsurprised
Caught unawares
caught off guard · blindsided · unwarned · unprepared · left hanging