"queue up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: queues up [present, singular, third-person], queueing up [participle, present], queuing up [participle, present], queued up [participle, past], queued up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|queue<,queueing> up|pres_ptc2=queuing up}} queue up (third-person singular simple present queues up, present participle queueing up or queuing up, simple past and past participle queued up)
  1. (British, intransitive) To queue (form a line while waiting). Tags: British, intransitive Synonyms: line up
    Sense id: en-queue_up-en-verb-W2XWoYab Categories (other): British English, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 45 13
  2. (computing, informal, transitive) To enqueue (something): to add (it) to a queue. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (add something to a queue): 排隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 排队 (páiduì) (Chinese Mandarin), sætte i kø (Danish), stille i kø (Danish), järjekorda seisma (Estonian), lisätä jonoon (Finnish), asettaa jonoon (Finnish), pistää jonoon (Finnish), 並ぶ (narabu) (Japanese), köa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-queue_up-en-verb-8S5fEFoR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 53 23 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 24 48 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 32 47 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 51 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 65 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 45 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 47 21 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'add something to a queue': 30 70 0
  3. Misspelling of cue up. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: cue up
    Sense id: en-queue_up-en-verb-C~Z7G5wc Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 45 13

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for queue up meaning in English (4.1kB)

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