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• queue — queue1 S3 [kju:] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: tail , from Latin cauda, coda] 1.) BrE a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move American Equivalent: linebe/stand/wait in a queue …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• queue — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑line ADJECTIVE ▪ endless, long ▪ growing, lengthening ▪ orderly ▪ Please form an orderly queu …   Collocations dictionary

• queue — [[t]kju͟ː[/t]] queues, queuing, queued (queueing can also be used as the continuous form.) 1) N COUNT: oft N for n, N of n A queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something. [mainly BRIT] I watched as he got a tray and joined …   English dictionary

• queue */ — I UK [kjuː] / US [kju] noun [countable] Word forms queue : singular queue plural queues 1) a) British a line of people waiting for something in a shop or similar place. The usual American word is line queue for: There was a long queue for tickets …   English dictionary

• queue — 01. There was a long [queue] waiting to get tickets for the train. 02. People here are so polite; in my country, no one waits in a [queue]. Everyone pushes and shoves to get to the front of the line. 03. The [queue] for the bus was so long that… …   Grammatical examples in English

• queue — queue1 [ kju ] noun count 1. ) COMPUTING a set of jobs waiting to be processed by a computer 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH a LINE of people waiting for something: be/stand in a queue: We stood in a queue for over an hour. join a queue: A woman joined the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• queue — 1 noun (C) BrE 1 a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move; line 1 (22) AmE: The queue for the cinema went right round the building. | We were stuck in the queue for half an hour. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• queue*/ — [kjuː] noun [C] British I a line of people that are waiting for something There was a long queue for tickets.[/ex] We stood in a queue for over an hour.[/ex] a queue to get into the museum[/ex] II (present participle queuing queueing) verb [I]… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• queue — /kju:/ noun 1. a line of people waiting one behind the other ● to form a queue or to join a queue ● Queues formed at the doors of the bank when the news spread about its possible collapse. 2. a series of documents (such as orders or application… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• queue up — verb form a queue, form a line, stand in line Customers lined up in front of the store • Syn: ↑line up, ↑queue • Derivationally related forms: ↑queue (for: ↑queue), ↑lineup …   Useful english dictionary

• queue —    (kyoo, keu) [French, from Latin: tail] A braid of hair worn at the back of the head; a pigtail. Also, a line of people or vehicles waiting their turn. To “queue up” is to join or form such a line. In computer terminology, a series of documents …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases