queue

IPA: kjˈu

noun

  • (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, less common in North America) A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
  • A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
  • (computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
  • (heraldry) An animal's tail.
  • (now historical) A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.

verb

  • (intransitive) To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
  • (intransitive) To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
  • (computing, transitive) To add to a queue data structure.
  • To fasten the hair into a queue.
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Examples of "queue" in Sentences

  • Next project in the queue is a Harry Potter scarf.
  • And I know I'll be in queue to see it twice. shelton p lindsay
  • At the head of the queue is a woman carrying a baby in her arms.
  • I also had a chance to taste Morten's 2007 Meritage blend which was in queue for the bottling line.
  • Mayende also argues that illegal occupations could not be rewarded by providing access to housing on a preferential basis - which he refers to as queue-jumping.
  • These tickets will be called "Cattle Class", and passengers will be treated the same as existing customers but importantly, will not have the put up with standing in queue with the plebs in the standard "Pleb Class" that already exists.

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