queue
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2.9
- noun
- /kjuː/
:
cola
- We stood in a long queue outside the concert hall, eager to get in.
- wait in a queue
- long queues
So we walk past this queue of people who are waiting in the snow.
- So we walk past this queue of people who are waiting in the snow.
- But in the queue I met a family, the Alawalea family.
- And we have put animals in the queue for food ahead of a billion people.
- I mean, the idea of inquire within, first of all, my name in queue is in question.
- Massive big queues going up that way upstairs to the VIP one.
- QUEUEA line, a queue of actors.
- The LGB, Is there a queue in there anywhere?
- There was day long queue, more than day, you know, days and days long queues to get out.
Examples
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As I write, there are queues to see the show in Berlin.
Academic text (1996) -
The bank queue is always the same, no matter how you calculate a less crowded hour.
Academic text (2011) -
So we walk past this queue of people who are waiting in the snow.
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I was moved to the head of the queue, where I continued to wait.
Academic text (2009) -
Is she trying to jump the queue?
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More tourists were helped into the next one, and the queue moved forward.
Fiction book (1990) -
I secured my place in the queue, trying to recognize the people in front of me.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the elevator, he joined the short queue, feeling the tension in the back of his neck.
Fiction book (1994) -
You're currently in the queue.
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Please form an orderly queue.
Synonyms
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1.8
A line of people or cars waiting for their turn
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Etymology
Queue comes from the French word queue meaning 'tail'. Think of a tail stretching out behind an animal — a queue is a line of people or cars that stretches out one after another, like a tail.