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queue

UK/kjuː/ US/kjʉw/ fairly common uk
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

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2.

(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted

3.

a braid of hair at the back of the head

verb

1.

form a queue, form a line, stand in line

  • “Customers lined up in front of the store”
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Origin

From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola.

Phrases

  • jump the queue
  • queue up
  • queueing theory
  • solo queue

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