queue

queue  (ky)

n.

1. A line of waiting people or vehicles.

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

3. Computer Science

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.

intr.v. queued, queu·ing, queues

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

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[French, from Old French cue, tail, from Latin cauda, cda.]

Word History: When the British stand in queues (as they have been doing at least since 1837, when this meaning of the word is first recorded in English), they may not realize they form a tail. The French word queue from which the English word is borrowed is a descendant of Latin cda, meaning "tail." French queue appeared in 1748 in English, referring to a plait of hair hanging down the back of the neck. By 1802 wearing a queue was a regulation in the British army, but by the mid-19th century queues had disappeared along with cocked hats. Latin cda is also the source of Italian coda, which was adopted into English as a musical term (like so many other English musical terms that come from Italian). A coda is thus literally the "tail end" of a movement or composition.

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queue

Noun

a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

Verb

queuing or queueing, queued

(often foll. by up)to form or remain in a line while waiting [Latin cauda tail]

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Queue a number of persons or things in a line.

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

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 line, row, file, train, series, chain, string, column, sequence, succession, procession, crocodile Brit. (informal) progression, cavalcade, concatenation

Translations

queue [kjuː] (BRIT) n → cola

vi → hacer cola;

to jump the queue → colarse

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queue [kjuː] (Brit) n → queue f, file f

vi (also: queue up) → faire la queue;

to jump the queue → passer avant son tour

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queue [kjuː] (Brit) n → Schlange f

vi (also: queue up) → Schlange stehen

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queue [kjuː] n → coda, fila

vi → fare la coda;

to jump the queue → passare davanti agli altri (in una coda)

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queue

n queue [kjuː]

a line of people waiting for something or to do something a queue for the bus. tou صَف опашка fronta kø die Schlange ουρά, σειρά (ανθρώπων) fila järjekord صف jono file d'attente תּוֹר लाइन red sor antrian biðröð fila, coda 列 줄 eilė rinda barisan rij kø kolejka 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

v

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 stát frontu stå i kø Schlange stehen στέκομαι στην ουρά en fila ponerse, hacer (la) cola järjekorras seisma صف ایستادن jonottaa faire la queue (pour) לַעֲמוֹד בְּתוֹר कतार čekati u redu sorba(n) áll antri standa í röð fare la fila/coda 並ぶ stovėti eilėje stāvēt rindā berbaris in de rij staan stå i kø, stille seg i kø stać w kolejce 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 postavit se do fronty stille sig i kø; stå i kø Schlange stehen σχηματίζω ουρά, παίρνω θέση στην ουρά en fila ponerse, hacer (la) cola järjekorda seisma در صف ایستادن jonottaa faire la queue (pour) לַעֲמוֹד בְּתוֹר ל- लाइन लगाना stati u red sorba(n) áll membentuk antrian fara í biðröð fare la fila 並ぶ 줄서다 sustoti į eilę stāties rindā; veidot rindu berbaris in de rij gaan staan stille seg i kø, stå i kø stać w kolejce 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