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When people q____, they stand in a line waiting for something.When people queue, they stand in a line waiting for something.
I had to queue for quite a while.
...a line of women queueing for bread.
A mob of journalists are queuing up at the gate to photograph him.
We all had to queue up for our ration books.
word queue
full-definition
noun
A queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something.
I watched as he got a tray and joined the queue.
She waited in the bus queue.
There was still a queue for tickets on the night.
Behind him was a long queue of angry motorists.
If you say there is a queue of people who want to do or have something, you mean that a lot of people are waiting for an opportunity to do it or have it.
Manchester United would be at the front of a queue of potential buyers.
Single parents got priority in the housing queue.
The queue for places at the school has never been longer.
A queue is a list of computer tasks which will be done in order.
Your print job has been sent to the network print queue.
verb
When people queue, they stand in a line waiting for something.
I had to queue for quite a while.
...a line of women queueing for bread.
A mob of journalists are queuing up at the gate to photograph him.
We all had to queue up for our ration books.
To queue a number of computer tasks means to arrange them to be done in order.
inflections queuesqueuingqueued
cefr-level B1

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