queue

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kjuː/
• (US) enPR: kyo͞o, IPA ^(key): /kju/

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• Homophones: cue, Q

Noun

Singular queue

Plural queues

1. (countable) A queue is a line, usually of people waiting for something. (mainly British; American English uses line [n.,3])

   We waited for a long time in the queue for our train tickets.

Verb

Plain form queue

Third-person singular queues

Past tense queued

Past participle queued

Present participle queuing

1. If you queue, then you wait in or join a line.

   A line of people queued by the box office.

   There was an argument here about someone cutting the queue just now.