queue

Pluralqueues

Formsqueues, queueing, queued

1. 1
   waiting linenounCommonwealthIrelandUKcountable

   A line or list of people or things waiting their turn.

   We stood in the queue for the bus for twenty minutes.

   There was a long queue outside the new bakery on Saturday morning.

   UsageSay stand in a queue or join the queue.

   Similarline

2. 2
   wait in lineverbUKIrelandCommonwealthintransitive

   To stand in a line and wait for your turn.

   We had to queue for an hour to get into the museum.

   At the post office, I queued behind a woman with three big boxes.

   UsageSay queue for tickets or queue up.

   Note
3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To put songs, videos, jobs or other things in order so they play or get done one after another.

   Can you queue the next episode while I make popcorn?

   I queued up ten songs for the drive home.

   Similarschedule

4. 4
   data structurenouncountable

   In computing, a list where new items join the end and the one that has waited longest comes out first.

   The code stores new orders in a queue, so the oldest comes out first.

   Messages go into a queue, and the program reads them one by one.

   Note
5. 5
   put in line (code)verbtransitive

   In computing, to add something to a queue.

   The app queues your photos and uploads them later.

   The code should queue each new item at the tail of the list.

   Note
6. 6
   hair braidnounhistoricalcountable

   A long braid or ponytail at the back of a man's head, worn in the past.

   The old painting shows a Chinese merchant with a long queue down his back.

   The soldier's queue was tied with a ribbon.

   Similarpigtail, braid, plait, ponytail

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7. 7
   verbintransitive

   In an online game, to ask for a match and wait while the game finds other players.

   After homework, I log in and queue for a match with my friends.

   She queued for ten minutes, but the game never found anyone to play against.

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