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queue

kjuː/

noun

noun: queue; plural noun: queues

1. 1.

   Brit.

   a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

   synonyms:

   line, row, column, file, chain, string, stream; More procession, train, succession, progression, cavalcade, sequence, series; waiting list, reserve list; breadline, wait list, backup, waiting line; informalcrocodile "there was a queue of people waiting for the bus" traffic jam, jam, tailback, line, stream, gridlock; informalsnarl-up, traffic snarl "he was sitting in a taxi, stuck in a queue along Knightsbridge"

2. 2.

   Computing

   a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.
3. 3.

   archaic

   a plait of hair worn at the back.

verb

verb: queue; 3rd person present: queues; past tense: queued; past participle: queued; gerund or present participle: queuing; gerund or present participle: queueing

1. 1.

   Brit.

   take one's place in a queue.

   "in the war they had queued for food"

   synonyms:

   line up, stand in a queue, form a queue, queue up, wait in line, form a line, form lines, get into rows/columns, fall in, file, walk/move in line; More informalform a crocodile "we queued for ice creams"

   • be extremely keen to do or have something.

     "companies are queuing up to move to the bay"
2. 2.

   Computing

   arrange in a queue.

   "input or output requests to a file are queued by the operating system.
   
   21:30 + and I am queuing for bed.