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queue

/kjuː/

/kju/

queue up

queuenoun

queues

/kjuː/

/kju/

Translations

очередь

There was a long queue at the supermarket.

В супермаркете была длинная очередь.

Additional translations

цепочка

вереница

хвост

Definitions

A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

There was a long queue outside the cinema for the new movie release.

A list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.

The printer has a queue of documents waiting to be printed.

A braid of hair worn hanging down behind.

He tied his hair back into a neat queue before the formal event.

Synonyms

queueverb

queued

Past Simple

queued

Past Participle

queuing

Gerund

/kjuː/

Translations

выстраиваться в очередь

Customers queue up outside the store before it opens.

Покупатели выстраиваются в очередь перед магазином до его открытия.

стоять в очереди

People queue for hours to buy tickets.

Люди стоят в очереди часами, чтобы купить билеты.

Additional translations

записываться в очередь

Definitions

To arrange or form a line or sequence of people or things waiting for their turn.

People began to queue outside the store before it opened.

To place in a sequence or order for processing or action.

The system will queue the requests and process them one by one.

Synonyms

get in line

stand in line

form a line

wait

line up

queueadjective

/kjuː/

Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "queue management") to denote relation to a queue.

Definitions

Relating to or intended for a queue or series of items awaiting processing or attention.

The company introduced new queue management software.

Synonyms

queued

queuing

in line

lined up

lined

waiting

awaiting

in a queue