Queue Definition
kyo͝o
queued, queues, queuing
noun
queues
A plait of hair worn hanging from the back of the head; pigtail.
Webster's New World
A line or file of persons, vehicles, etc. waiting as to be served.
Webster's New World
A stored arrangement of computer data or programs, waiting to be processed.
Webster's New World
A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest.
American Heritage
(heraldry) An animal's tail. [from 16th c.]
Wiktionary
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verb
queued, queues, queuing
To get in line.
Queue up at the box office.
American Heritage
To form in or be part of a line or file while waiting to be served, etc.
Webster's New World
To place in a sequence.
Queued the queries in order of relevance.
American Heritage
To braid or twist (hair) into a queue.
American Heritage
(UK) To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
Wiktionary
Origin of Queue
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From Anglo-Norman queue, keu et al. and Middle French queu, cueue et al., from Latin cauda.
From Wiktionary
French tail, queue from Old French cue tail from Latin cauda, cōda
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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