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Definition of queued - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
organizationUK waiting in a line or queueUK
- The customers were queued outside the store before it opened.
2.
orderUK lined up in a row or sequenceUK
- The cars were queued along the street.
Origin of queued
French, queue (tail)
Examples of queued in a sentence
People were queued for hours to get tickets. People were queued outside the concert hall. The files were queued for processing.
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- French:en file d'attente, en file, ...
- German:wartend, aufgereiht, ...
- Italian:in fila, allineati, ...
- Spanish:en cola, alineados, ...
- Portuguese:em fila de espera, enfileirado, ...
- Chinese:排队的, 排成一列的, ...
- Japanese:待っている, 並んでいる, ...
- Arabic:مُصْطَفّ, مُرَتَّب في صف, ...
- Hebrew:עוֹמֵד בַּתּוֹר, עָרוּךְ בְּתוֹר, ...
- Russian:ожидающие в очереди, выстроенные в ряд, ...
- Ukrainian:в черзі, ...
- Hindi:कतारबद्ध, लाइन में लगे, ...
Definition of queue - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
waitingUK line of people or vehicles waitingUK
- There was a long queue outside the theater.
2.
technologyTECH. list of tasks to be processed in orderTECH.
- The print jobs are in a queue.
3.
hairstyleDated UK braid of hair at the backDated UK
- He wore his hair in a traditional queue.
4.
heraldryDated animal's tail in heraldryDated
- The lion's queue was prominently displayed on the shield.
Verb
1.
waitingintr. UK stand in line waiting for somethingintr. UK
- People queue outside the store for the sale.
2.
ordertr. UK arrange in a line or sequencetr. UK
- The system queues print jobs according to priority.
3.
technologytr. TECH. line up tasks for later processingtr. TECH.
- The system queues the print jobs automatically.
Images of queue
line of people or vehicles waiting 
braid of hair at the back
Expressions with queue
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gather in order, often to wait for something
People queue up outside the store before it opens.
move ahead in a line ignoring others
He decided to jump the queue at the concert.
line of people waiting for unemployment benefits
During the recession, the dole queue grew longer.
stand in line to wait for something
We had to join the queue to buy tickets.
cut in line ahead of others waiting
He was caught trying to queue-jump at the concert ticket booth..
person who skips the line to go ahead
The queue-jumper went straight to the front of the line.
system to handle tasks based on their importance
The project manager uses a priority queue for scheduling.
list of documents waiting to be printed
The print queue was full, so her document took longer to print..
list of tasks waiting for processing
The server processes tasks from the job queue.
distributed queuing setup that uses two buses for data movement
The lab tested a distributed queue dual bus to reduce message delays.
storage list where computer programs leave messages until another program reads them
The worker service reads each job from the message queue.
data structure where last added is removed first
The push-down queue is used in stack operations.
software that controls, stores, and routes messages or jobs in queues
The queue manager ensures that all tasks are processed in order.
Origin of queue
Latin, coda (tail)
Examples of queue in a sentence
People formed a queue to enter the concert venue. The software updates are in a queue. The support tickets are in a queue. The warrior's queue was a symbol of his strength. She admired the intricate queue in his hair. The artist carefully painted the queue of the unicorn.
In the emblem, the dragon's queue curled elegantly. They queue for hours to get concert tickets. Fans queue early to meet the author. Please queue the files for upload. They had to queue the tasks to avoid confusion. The software queues updates for installation overnight. Developers queue tasks for processing in the server.
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- French:file d'attente, patienter, ...
- German:Warteschlange, anstehen, ...
- Italian:fila, fare la fila, ...
- Spanish:cola, hacer fila, ...
- Portuguese:fila, fazer fila, ...
- Chinese:队列, 列队, ...
- Japanese:列, 並ぶ, ...
- Arabic:طابُور, اِصْطَفَّ, ...
- Hebrew:תּוֹר, לַעֲמוֹד בְּתוֹר, ...
- Russian:очередь, стоять в очереди, ...
- Ukrainian:черга, стояти в черзі, ...
- Hindi:कतार, लाइन में खड़ा होना, ...
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