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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024queue /kyu/USA pronunciation n., v., queued, queu•ing. n. [countable] - a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn.
- Computinga number of items waiting in a certain order for electronic action in a computer system:a queue for printing jobs.
v. - to form in a line while waiting:[no object* (~ + up)]People had queued (up) for hours to buy tickets.
- Computing to arrange or organize (electronic data) into a queue:[~ + object]The computer program queues the various print jobs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024queue (kyo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n., v., queued, queu•ing. n. - a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn.
- Computinga FIFO-organized sequence of items, as data, messages, jobs, or the like, waiting for action.
v.i., v.t. - to form in a line while waiting (often fol. by up).
- Computingto arrange (data, jobs, messages, etc.) into a queue.
- Latin cauda, cōda tail
- Middle French
- 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: queue /kjuː/ chiefly Brit n - a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for something
- a list in which entries are deleted from one end and inserted at the other
- a pigtail
vb (queues, queuing, queueing, queued)- (intransitive) often followed by up: to form or remain in a line while waiting
- to arrange (a number of programs) in a predetermined order for accessing by a computer
US and Canadian word: line Etymology: 16th Century (in the sense: tail); C18 (in the sense: pigtail): via French from Latin cauda tail |