QUEUE Definition & Meaning

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queue

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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

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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 queue
See 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 �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of queue¹

First recorded in 1585–95; from Middle French, from Latin cauda, cōda “t��”

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�y��vlog 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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Mobile bin collection points in Birmingham have seen mile-long queues as residents try to get rid of their uncollected rubbish.

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The street has a myriad of shops and hot food options but the queue which snaked along the pavement was only interested in one - fish and chips.

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Russia could strike queues of voters at polling stations.

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At another, an elderly couple chat over a hot meal, while queue of customers steadily forms at the till.

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This resulted in "many fans waiting in a lengthy queue without understanding what they would be paying and then having to decide whether to pay a higher price than they expected," the CMA continued.

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