queue

queue

waiting line of people or cars: There was a long queue at the movies.

Not to be confused with:

cue – hint; prompting: The actor was given his cue.

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queue

 (kyo͞o)

n.

1. A line of waiting people or vehicles.

2. Computers

a. A sequence of stored data or programs awaiting processing.

b. A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest.

3. A long braid of hair worn hanging down the back of the neck; a pigtail.

v. queued, queu·ing, queues

v.intr.

To get in line: queue up at the box office.

v.tr.

1. To place in a sequence: queued the queries in order of relevance.

2. To braid or twist (hair) into a queue.

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[French, tail, queue, from Middle French, from Old French cue, tail, from Latin cauda, cōda; see coda.]

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queue

(kjuː)

n

1. a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for something: a queue at the theatre. US and Canadian word: line

2. (Computer Science) computing a list in which entries are deleted from one end and inserted at the other

3. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a pigtail

4. jump the queue See queue-jump

vb, queues, queuing, queueing or queued

5. (often foll by: up) to form or remain in a line while waiting

6. (Computer Science) computing to arrange (a number of programs) in a predetermined order for accessing by a computer

[C16 (in the sense: tail); C18 (in the sense: pigtail): via French from Latin cauda tail]

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queue

(kyo̅o̅),
n., v. queued, queu•ing. n.

1. a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.

2. a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn.

3. a sequence of items waiting in order for electronic action in a computer system.

v.i.

4. to form in a line while waiting (often fol. by up).

v.t.

5. to arrange or organize into a queue.

[1585–95; < Middle French < Latin cauda, cōda tail]

queu′er, n.

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queue

- Has the forms queued and queuing or queueing; queueing has five vowels in a row.

See also related terms for row.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

Queue

 a number of persons or things in a line.

Examples: queue of carriages, 1862; of people, 1837; of theatre-goers, 1862.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

queue

(line)
Past participle: queued
Gerund: queueing/queuing

Imperative

queue

queue

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queue

(billiards)
Past participle: queued
Gerund: queueing/queuing

Imperative

queue

queue

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queue

line

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	queue - a line of people or vehicles waiting for something waiting line line - a formation of people or things one behind another; "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter" bread line, breadline - a queue of people waiting for free food checkout line - a queue of people waiting to pay for purchases chow line - a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp) gas line - a queue of vehicles waiting to purchase gasoline reception line - a line of people (hosts and guests of honor) who welcome the guests at a reception party ticket line - a queue of people waiting to buy tickets unemployment line - a queue of people waiting for employment
	2.	queue - (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted informatics, information processing, information science, IP - the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) push-down queue - a queue in which the last item to go in is the first item to come out (LIFO)
	3.	queue - a braid of hair at the back of the head braid, plait, tress, twist - a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Verb	1.	queue - form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store" queue up, line up stand, stand up - be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"

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queue

noun

1. line, row, file, train, series, chain, string, column, sequence, succession, procession, crocodile (Brit. informal), progression, cavalcade, concatenation A queue of more than sixty people snaked its way down the pavement.

2. tailback, line, traffic jam, stream a long queue of angry motorists

3. wait, waiting list The queue for places at school has never been longer.

verb

1. wait in line, line up, stand in a queue, form a queue a line of women queueing for bread

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queue

noun

A group of people or things arranged in a row:

column, file, line, rank, row, string, tier.

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Translations

صَفصَفَّيَصُفيَقِفُ فِي الصَّفِ

frontastát frontuzásobník

køstille sig i kø

SchlangeanstellenaufreihenQueueReihe

ουράπεριμένω στην ουρά

filahacer colacolacoletalinea

jonojonottaaletti

faire la queuefilequeue

čekati u redured

sor

biîröîstanda í röî

codafare la codafilamettersi in codasaltare la coda

列列を作る

줄줄을 짓다

eilėstovėti eilėjesustoti į eilę

stāvēt rindā

wachtrijin de rij staanrij

stå i køstille seg i køkø

kolejkastać w kolejce

filapilhafazer fila

очередьстекстоять в очереди

stáť v rade

stati v vrstivrsta

kököastack

เข้าคิวแถวยาว

kuyruksırakuyruğa girmekkuyruğa/sıraya girmek

hàngxếp hàng

排队长队队列列队

queue

[kjuː] (esp Brit)

A. N → cola f
to form a queue; stand in a queue → hacer cola
to jump the queue → colarse, saltarse la cola

B. VI (also queue up) → hacer cola
to queue for three hours → pasar tres horas haciendo cola
we queued for tickets → hicimos cola para comprar entradas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

queue

[ˈkjuː]

n

(British) (= line) → queue f, file f
to join the queue → se mettre à la queue
to jump the queue → passer avant son tour

(COMPUTING) → file f d'attente

vi (British) → faire la queue
to queue for sth → faire la queue pour avoir qch
We had to queue for tickets → Nous avons dû faire la queue pour avoir des billets.

vt (COMPUTING) → mettre en file d'attente

queue up

vi (British) → faire la queue
to be queueing up for sth (fig) (= eager for) → s'arracher qch
to be queueing up to do sth (fig) (= be eager to) → se battre pour faire qchqueue-jumper [ˈkjuːjdʒʌmpə^r] n (British) → resquilleur/euse m/f (qui passe avant son tour)queue-jumping [ˈkjuːjdʒʌmpɪŋ] n → resquille f (pour passer avant son tour)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

queue

n

(Brit: of people, cars) → Schlange f; → Warteschlange f (also Comput); to form a queue → eine Schlange bilden; to stand in a queue → Schlange stehen, anstehen; to join the queue → sich (hinten) anstellen; a queue of cars → eine Autoschlange; a long queue of people → eine lange Schlange

(old: = pigtail) → Zopf m

vi (Brit: also queue up) → Schlange stehen; (people also) → anstehen; (= form a queue) → eine Schlange bilden; (people) → sich anstellen; they were queuing outside the cinema → sie standen vor dem Kino Schlange; we queued for an hour → wir haben eine Stunde angestanden; they were queuing for the bus → sie standen an der Bushaltestelle Schlange; they were queuing for bread → sie standen nach Brot an; people are queuing up to … (fig) → die Leute schlagen sich darum, zu …

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queue

:

queue-jump

vi (Brit) → sich vordränge(l)n; (Mot) → aus einer Kolonne ausscheren und überholen

queue-jumper

n (Brit) jd, der sich vordräng(el)t (Mot) → Kolonnenspringer(in) m(f); the queues were booed → die, die sich vordräng(el)ten, wurden ausgebuht

queue-jumping

n (Brit) → Vordränge(l)n nt; (Mot) → Kolonnenspringen nt; hey you, no queue! → he, Vordränge(l)n gibts nicht! (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

queue

[kjuː]

1. n → coda, fila
to form a queue → mettersi in fila or in coda
to stand in a queue → essere in fila or in coda, fare la fila or la coda
to jump the queue → passare davanti agli altri (in coda)

2. vi (also queue up) → fare la fila, fare la coda

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

queue

(kjuː) noun

a line of people waiting for something or to do something. a queue for the bus. tou صَف опашка fila fronta die Schlange kø ουρά, σειράfila järjekord صف jono file d'attenteתור लाइन red sor antrian biðröð fila, coda 列 대기 행렬 eilė rinda barisan` rijkøkolejka كوڅى: دخلكو كتار ( دټكټ يا سودا اخيستلو دپاره bicha coadă очередь rad vrsta red kö คิว kuyruk, sıra 列隊，長隊 черга, хвіст کسی مخصوص کام کے لۓ بنی لوگوں کی قطار hàng; lối 列队，长队

verb

to stand in a queue. We had to queue to get into the cinema; We had to queue for the cinema. toustaan يَصُف чакам на опашка ficar na fila stát frontu Schlange stehen stå i kø στέκομαι στην ουρά ponerse en fila, hacer (la) cola järjekorras seisma صف ایستادن jonottaa faire la queue לַעֲמוֹד בְּתוֹר कतार čekati u redu sorba(n) áll antri standa í röð fare la fila/coda 並ぶ 줄에 서다 stovėti eilėje stāvēt rindā berbaris in de rij staanstå i kø, stille seg i køstać w kolejce په کتار کی ایستل ficar na bicha a sta la coadă (la) стоять в очереди stáť v rade stati v vrsti stajati u red köa, stå i kö เข้าคิว kuyruğa/sıraya girmek 排隊 стояти в черзі قطار میں لگنا xếp hàng 排队

queue up

to form, or stand in, a queue. We queued up for tickets. toustaan يَصْطَف редя се на опашка fazer fila postavit se do fronty Schlange stehen stille sig i kø; stå i kø σχηματίζω ουρά, παίρνω θέση στην ουρά ponerse en fila, hacer (la) cola järjekorda seisma در صف ایستادن jonottaa faire la queue לַעֲמוֹד בְּתוֹר ל- लाइन लगाना stati u red sorba(n) áll membentuk antrian fara í biðröð fare la fila 並ぶ 줄지어 기다리다 sustoti į eilę stāties rindā; veidot rindu berbaris in de rij gaan staanstille seg i kø, stå i køstać w kolejce په کتار کی ایستل fazer bicha a sta la coadă (la) становиться в очередь postaviť sa do radu stati v vrsti stati u red köa, ställa sig i kö เข้าคิว kuyruğa/sıraya girmek, kuyruk olmak 排隊等候 ставати в чергу قطار بنا کر کھڑے ہونا đứng xếp hàng 排队等候

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queue

→ صَفَّ, يَقِفُ فِي الصَّفِ fronta, stát frontu kø, stille sig i kø Schlange, Schlange stehen ουρά, περιμένω στην ουρά cola, hacer cola jono, jonottaa faire la queue, queue čekati u redu, red coda, mettersi in coda 列, 列を作る 줄, 줄을 짓다 in de rij staan, wachtrij kø, stå i kø kolejka, stać w kolejce fazer fila, fila очередь, стоять в очереди kö, köa เข้าคิว, แถวยาว kuyruğa girmek, kuyruk hàng, xếp hàng 排队, 队列

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• Is this the end of the line? (US)
  Is this the end of the queue? (UK) → هَلْ هَذِهِ نِهَايَةُ الصَفِّ؟ → Tohle je konec fronty? → Begynder køen her? → Ist hier das Ende der Warteschlange? → Εδώ τελειώνει η ουρά; → ¿Es este el final de la cola? → Onko jonon pää tässä? → Est-ce que c'est le bout de la file d'attente ? → Je li ovo kraj reda? → È questa la fine della fila? → ここが列の最後ですか？ → 여기가 줄의 끝인가요? → Is dit het einde van de rij? → Er dette slutten av køen? → Czy to jest koniec kolejki? → É aqui o fim da fila? → Здесь конец очереди? → Är det här kön slutar? → นี่เป็นตอนท้ายของแถวใช่ไหม? → Kuyruğun sonu burası mı? → Đây có phải là cuối hàng không? → 是在这里排队吗？

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