queue

queue · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn.

  2. 2.

    [computing]A list of data items or tasks waiting to be processed.

  3. 3.

    [as verb]To wait in a line; to add to a queue.

Forms

plural: queues

Related words

See also: line, list, wait
Synonyms: line, row

Etymology

From French queue ("tail"), from Latin cauda ("tail"). The sense of a line of people waiting developed from the idea of a "tail" of people.