Definition of queues Queues
/kjuˈz/ - [kyuz] -
We found 3 definitions of queues from 2 different sources.
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What does queues mean?
Wiktionary 
- queues (Noun)
Plural of queue.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: queues |
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| queue - a line of people or vehicles waiting for something | ||
| waiting line | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| bread line, breadline a queue of people waiting for free food | ||
| checkout line a queue of people waiting to pay for purchases | ||
| chow line a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp) | ||
| gas line a pipeline used to transport natural gas; "the workmen broke through the gas line" | ||
| reception line a line of people (hosts and guests of honor) who welcome the guests at a reception party | ||
| ticket line a queue of people waiting to buy tickets | ||
| queue - (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted | ||
| list, listing a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) | ||
| informatics, information processing, information science, ip the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information | ||
| queue - a braid of hair at the back of the head | ||
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Wiktionary
- queue (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. - queue (Noun)
A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order. - queue (Verb)
To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line. - queue (Verb)
To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue. - queue (Verb)
To add to a queue data structure. - queue (Verb)
To fasten the hair into a queue.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- queue (n.)
A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail. - queue (n.)
A line of persons waiting anywhere. - queue (v. t.)
To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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queue
Waiting line. -
queue
To form a queue or a line; to stand in line.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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queue
kū, n. a pendent braid of hair at the back of the head, a pigtail: a file of persons waiting in the order of arrival: a tailpiece, as of a violin: (her.) the tail of a beast.—v.t. to tie or fasten in a queue or pigtail. [Fr.,—L. cauda, a tail.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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queue
A tail-like twist of hair formerly worn at the back of the head by soldiers.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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queue
The only Mongolian line connecting America and China.
Wikipedia 
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A queue is a line of people standing behind one another who are waiting for something. The person at the front of the queue will have his turn next, then the next person and so on. When someone comes to join the queue they have to go to the back of the queue and wait until it is their turn. Sometimes people try to "jump the queue" or "push in". They are usually told off and have to go to the back of the queue.
The word "queue" comes from the French word for "tail", but when talking about a queue of people in English it is pronounced "kyoo" (like "Kew" in "Kew Gardens"). The word "queue" can be a noun ("Please stand in the queue") or a verb ("Please queue over there").
A queue may also be a queue of vehicles waiting to get passed something or to go in somewhere.
People may queue to be served in a shop, or queue for a bus or taxi or to go into something like a museum. Queueing is much better than pushing one's way in.
Sometimes, in places where a lot of people are queueing, there may be a system of numbered tickets. When someone arrives, they take a number and wait until their number is shown on a display board. This system is often used in banks, doctor's surgeries, passport offices, etc.
People waiting in a queue are not always standing around. There may be people who, for example, are waiting to have an operation, but they have to wait "in a queue" until one day they receive a letter from the hospital telling them when to come in for their operation.
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