queue

/kjuː/
noun
  1. A line of people or vehicles waiting for something.
    • We stood in a long queue to buy concert tickets.
    • She joined the queue at the grocery store checkout.
    • The queue for the bus stretched around the corner.
  2. A list of items or tasks waiting to be processed or dealt with.
    • There is a queue of emails waiting for my reply.
    • The printer has a queue of documents to print.
    • I added the song to my playlist queue.
Synonyms
verb
  1. To wait in a line of people or vehicles.
    • Please queue here for the next available teller.
    • We had to queue for over an hour to get into the museum.
    • Cars queued at the entrance to the parking lot.
  2. To arrange items or tasks in a list to be processed in order.
    • I queued the videos so they would play one after another.
    • She queued her favorite songs for the party.
    • The system queues requests and handles them in order.
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