"queue" meaning in English

See queue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kjuː/ [UK], /kju/ [US] Audio: en-us-queue.ogg [California, US], en-uk-q.ogg [UK], en-au-queue.ogg [Australia] Forms: queue [singular], queues [plural]
enPR: kyo͞o [US] Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A queue is a line, usually of people waiting for something. (mainly British; American English uses line [n.,3])
    Sense id: simple-queue-en-noun-b0VCMJJY

Verb

IPA: /kjuː/ [UK], /kju/ [US] Audio: en-us-queue.ogg [California, US], en-uk-q.ogg [UK], en-au-queue.ogg [Australia] Forms: queue [canonical], queues [third-person, singular], queued [past], queued [past, participle], queuing [present, participle]
enPR: kyo͞o [US] Head templates: {{verb|queu|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you queue, then you wait in or join a line.
    Sense id: simple-queue-en-verb-ICpcw8y3
     
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