Cue-Queue | Commonly Confused Words

Cue

/kjuː/

A signal or sign that tells someone to do something

Words like revolution gave him his cue.She paused as though expecting me to take up a cue.Every habit has three parts: cue, routine, and reward.

This word has no antonyms

/kjuː/

A line of people or vehicles waiting for their turn.

We stood in a queue for half an hour.I rushed along the queue.She joined the queue for the movie tickets.

Remember: cue is a signal to start or do something, often used in performing arts.
Think of queue as a line or a sequence; you wait in a queue.
Cue is short, like the signals it represents; queue is longer, just like the lines or lists it refers to.