queue

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queue

Customers form a queue outside the ticket booth.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A line of people or vehicles waiting for something: A sequence of people or things arranged one behind another, typically awaiting their turn.
    • (Information processing) An ordered list of tasks or messages: A data structure or list where items are processed in the order they are added (first-in, first-out).
    • (Archaic) A braid of hair at the back of the head: A historical hairstyle where the hair is gathered and plaited into a single tail.

  2. Verb:

    • To form or wait in a line: To take one's place in a line of people or vehicles.
    • To arrange data in a queue: To place tasks or messages into an ordered list for sequential processing.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • There was a long queue at the ticket counter. (A line of people waiting.)
    • The printer job is stuck in the print queue. (A list of tasks in a computer system.)
    • The 18th-century gentleman wore a powdered wig and a queue. (A historical hairstyle.)

  • Verb:

    • We had to queue for over an hour to get into the exhibition. (To wait in a line.)
    • The system will queue the incoming requests. (To place data in an ordered list.)
Advanced Usage

  • "To jump the queue": To unfairly move ahead of others who are waiting in line.

    • It's rude to jump the queue when others have been waiting patiently.

  • "Queue management": The process of organizing and controlling lines of people or tasks.

    • Good queue management is essential for efficient customer service.
Variants and Related Words

  • Queueing / Queuing (n/adj): The act or process of forming a queue.

    • The queuing system at the airport was very efficient.

  • Dequeue (v): To remove an item from a queue (primarily in computing).

    • The program will dequeue the next task for processing.

  • Enqueue (v): To add an item to a queue (primarily in computing).

    • Please enqueue the new print job.
Synonyms
  • Line (up) (n/v): A row of people or things; to form such a row.
  • Row (n): A line of things or people.
  • Sequence (n): A particular order in which related things follow each other (especially in computing contexts).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Queue up: To form or join a line of people waiting.
    • People began to queue up long before the store opened.
Related Idioms
  • "Join the queue": To start waiting in line; often used figuratively to mean "wait your turn like everyone else."
    • If you want to complain, you'll have to join the queue.
queue

Customers form a queue outside the ticket booth.

Noun
  1. a braid of hair at the back of the head
  2. (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
  3. a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
Verb
  1. form a queue, form a line, stand in line
    • Customers lined up in front of the store

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