noun
- lines of people or vehicles waiting for something
- sequences of items waiting to be processed
Usage: British English; American English typically uses ‘lines’
Usage: computing; technical
verb
- waits in line
- adds items to a waiting list for processing
Usage: British English
Usage: computing; technical
Examples
- Long queues formed outside the popular restaurant.
- The printer queues several documents before printing them.
- People queued for hours to buy concert tickets.
- The system automatically queues incoming requests.
- Bus queues in London are usually very orderly.
- The server queues all pending transactions.
- She queued at the bank during her lunch break.