Queue

Definitions

1. A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the 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).
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncommon
2. A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
3. A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
4. An animal's tail.
5. A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.
   historical

Equivalents

57 more languages

Afrikaansry

العربيةالطابورصفطابوروَقَفَ فِي الصَّفّ+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilinövbə

Беларускаячарга

Българскиопашка

Bosanskiantrefilakokolonaledlistapilaradredvrstaкосаредчерга+ 10 more

Catalàcuafila

Češtinafrontakolona

Cymraegciwcwt

Danskkøventeliste

Ελληνικάαλογοουράαράδαούρασειρά+ 1 more

Esperantovicovosto

Suomihäntäjonojonottaakankipalmikkolettipalmikko+ 3 more

Gaeilgeciú

Gàidhligsreath

Galegocola

עבריתמחסניתתור

हिन्दीक़तरक़तारक्यूँलाइन+ 1 more

Hrvatskiantrefilakolonaledlistapilaradredvrstaкосаредчерга+ 9 more

Magyarsor

Հայերենհերթ

Bahasa Indonesiaantreantrean

Íslenskabiðröð

Italianocodafare la codafare la filafilamettere in filamettersi in fila+ 3 more

日本語並ぶ列待ち行列行列辮髪+ 2 more

ქართულინაწნავირიგი

Қазақ тілікезек

ភាសាខ្មែរកន្ទុយ

한국어대기줄줄줄을 서다행렬+ 1 more

Kurdîfilekopilaradrijşorsor+ 4 more

ລາວຄິ້ວ

Latviešurinda

Te Reo Māorirārangi

Македонскиред

Монголоочирээлж дараалал

मराठीराग

Bahasa Melayuberatur

Nederlandsrijwachtrij

Polskifryzurakolejkaogonogonek+ 1 more

Portuguêsalinhamentoenfileirarentrar na filafilafila (FIFO)pilha (LIFO)rabichorabo de cavalo+ 5 more

Românăcoadă

Русскийкосакосичкаочередьстанови́ться в о́чередьстать в о́чередьстекстоя́ть в о́чередиХвост+ 5 more

Slovenčinarad

Slovenščinavrsta

Shqipradhërend

Српскиantrefilakokolonaledlistapilaradredvrstaкосаредчерга+ 10 more

SvenskakoKoaledsvansväntelista+ 2 more

தமிழ்வரிசை

ไทยคิ้ว

Türkmençenobat

Tagalogpilatutsang

Türkçekuyruksıra

ئۇيغۇرچەقاتار

Українськачерга

اردوقَطار

O'zbekchanavbat

Tiếng Việthàngsắp hàng行

Examples

“I was absent-minded at the moment and was last⟳ in the queue.”

“In a report⟳ published on October 31, Transport⟳ Focus⟳ said that a number⟳ of train⟳ companies were unable to convince⟳ it about their ability to sell⟳ a full range of tickets, handle⟳ cash payments, and avoid⟳ excessive queues at ticket machines.”

“2005, David Flanagan, Java in a Nutshell, p. 234, Queue implementations are commonly based on insertion order⟳ as in first-in, first-out (FIFO) queues or last-in, first-out queues (LIFO queues are also known as stacks).”

“HESSE: Az., a lion, queue fourchée, rampt., barry of ten, arg. and gu., crowned, or, and holding in his dexter paw a sword, ppr., hilt and pommel, gold.”

“[…], there were seated astraddle the whole hundred of the baronet's musqueteers, each engaged in plaiting into a queue the hair of the man who sat in front of him.”

“A large number⟳ of loyal officials, rather than shave the front part of the head and wear⟳ the Manchu queue, voluntarily shaved the whole head, […]”

“Caparisoned for a week in purple velvet knee-length pantaloons, a red silk jacket with buckles of shiny brass, and a white goat's-hair wig which culminated behind in a saucy queue, I must have⟳ presented an exotic sight […]”

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