| query | If you say there is a q____ 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.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. |
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| 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 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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