queue in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "queue"

    • (heraldry) An animal's tail. [from 16th c.]
    • (now historical) A men's hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China. [from 18th c.]
    • A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back). [from 19th c.]
    • A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
    • (computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. [from 20th c.]
    • (UK) To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
    • (UK) To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
    • (computing) To add to a queue data structure.
    • noun
      (heraldry)
      An animal's tail. [from 16th c.]
    • noun
      (now historical)
      A men's hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China. [from 18th c.]
    • noun
      A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back). [from 19th c.]
    • noun
      A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
    • noun
      (computing)
      A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. [from 20th c.]
    • verb
      To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
    • verb
      To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
    • verb
      (computing)
      To add to a queue data structure.
    • verb
      To fasten the hair into a queue.
    • A holding container for work items. Members of a queue must be of the same work item class (for example, only incidents).
    • Waiting line.
    • To form a queue or a line; to stand in line.
    • line of people
    • waiting list
    • data structure
    • hairstyle
    • put oneself at the end of a queue
    • arrange into a queue
    • noun
      a braid of hair at the back of the head
    • noun
      a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
    • noun
      (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
    • verb
      form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"

    Synonyms of "queue" in English dictionary

    tress, listing, queue up are the top synonyms of "queue" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "queue" in English dictionary

    stack is the antonym of "queue" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of queue

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza queue, lm  liczba mnoga queues
    • queue ( plural  queues)
    • queue ( third-person singular simple present queues, present participle queueing or queuing, simple past and past participle queued)
    • queue (plural queues)
    • queue (third-person singular simple present queues, present participle queueing or queuing, simple past and past participle queued)
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