"dequeue" meaning in English

See dequeue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-deque.wav [General-American] Forms: dequeues [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: Short for double-ended queue. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dequeue (plural dequeues)
  1. Alternative spelling of deque. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: deque
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌdiːˈkjuː/ Audio: en-uk-dequeue.ogg [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-dequeue.wav [General-American] Forms: dequeues [present, singular, third-person], dequeuing [participle, present], dequeueing [participle, present], dequeued [participle, past], dequeued [past]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English queue English dequeue From de- + queue. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|de-|queue|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English queue English dequeue [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "of", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*de", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déh₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "de-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "queue", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dequeue", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="dequeue"> From de- + queue. Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+,~ing}} dequeue (third-person singular simple present dequeues, present participle dequeuing or dequeueing, simple past and past participle dequeued)
  1. (transitive, computing) To remove an item from a queue. Tags: transitive Synonyms: unqueue Derived forms: dequeuer Translations (to remove from a queue): poistaa jonosta (Finnish), デキューする (dekyū suru) (Japanese), usuwać z kolejki [imperfective] (Polish), usunąć z kolejki [perfective] (Polish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "dequeues",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dequeuing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "dequeued",
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      ]
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      },
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    }
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        {
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        {
          "word": "enqueue"
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        "To remove an item from a queue."
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          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
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        ]
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        "(transitive, computing) To remove an item from a queue."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "unqueue"
        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˌdiːˈkjuː/"
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    },
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      "homophone": "DQ"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to remove from a queue",
      "word": "poistaa jonosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "dekyū suru",
      "sense": "to remove from a queue",
      "word": "デキューする"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to remove from a queue",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "usuwać z kolejki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to remove from a queue",
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        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "usunąć z kolejki"
    }
  ],
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}

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