queue

Definition

• n. a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
• n. (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
• n. a braid of hair at the back of the head

Word forms

Present participle

queuing

Past tense

queued

Past participle

queued

Third person singular

queues

Example sentences

1. n.

   There was a long queue of people waiting to buy tickets for the concert.

2. vt.

   The teacher asked the students to queue up quietly before entering the classroom.

3. vi.

   We need to queue for our turn at the food stand.

4. n.

   In computer science, a queue is a data structure used to store data in a specific order.