Pronunciation: /kjuː/
noun a line or sequence of people or vehicles waiting for their turn
A1 I stood in the queue for the bus.
A2 There was a long queue at the ticket counter.
B1 We had to wait in the queue for over an hour.
B2 The queue moved slowly but steadily.
C1 The queue outside the concert venue stretched for blocks.
C2 People were getting impatient in the queue and started pushing.
verb to form or wait in a line or sequence
A1 I queue for the bus every morning.
A2 She queued for hours to get tickets to the concert.
B1 The customers queued up outside the store before it opened.
B2 We had to queue for security checks at the airport.
C1 People were queuing for the new iPhone release days in advance.
C2 The line to get into the museum was so long that we decided to come back another day.
formal Customers were patiently waiting in the queue for their turn to be served.
informal We better get in line in the queue before it gets too long.
slang Let's hop in the line before the queue starts wrapping around the building.
figurative Ideas were forming in a mental queue, waiting to be processed and implemented.
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