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queue
[ kyoo ]
noun
- a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn.
- Computers. a FIFO-organized sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action.
verb (used with or without object)
queued, queuing.
- to form in a line while waiting (often followed by up ).
- Computers. to arrange (data, jobs, messages, etc.) into a queue.
queue
/ ː /
noun
- a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for something
a queue at the theatre
- computing a list in which entries are deleted from one end and inserted at the other
- a pigtail
- jump the queueSee queue-jump
verb
- introften foll byup to form or remain in a line while waiting
- computing to arrange (a number of programs) in a predetermined order for accessing by a computer
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Other Word Forms
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Word History and Origins
Origin of queue1
First recorded in 1585–95; from Middle French, from Latin cauda, cōda “t”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of queue1
C16 (in the sense: tail); C18 (in the sense: pigtail): via French from Latin cauda tail
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Every so often they shuffled a few inches forward, following the queue for Pope Francis's lying in state.
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The event kicked off in Milton Keynes last summer but suffered teething troubles, when fans were stuck in long queues.
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“Overall, there was confusion about the waiting room, the queue and the applicant selection process,” Buckley said.
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Several queued outside wooden booths, each topped with a sign indicating in which languages the priests inside could hear confessions.
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Later that day, people queued to file past his body at the town's Shire Hall.
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