EGAVE

queue

About 3.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun An animal's tail.
  5. noun A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.
  6. verb To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
  7. verb To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
  8. verb To add to a queue data structure.

Similar words

queue up line up waiting line trail trailer line-up file row hold suspense

Often followed by

is of and for length to in at up

Word family

queued queueing queuer queuers queues queuing

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