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Word: Queue
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (as a heraldic term denoting the tail of an animal): from French, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’. Compare with cue. queue (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the late 18th century
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a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.
Short Definition:line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to
a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.
Short Definition:list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in definite order
a plait of hair worn at the back.
Short Definition:plait of hair worn at back
Word: Queue
Speech Type: Verb
kjuː
take one's place in a queue
Short Definition:take one's place in queue
Examples:- in the war they had queued for food
arrange in a queue
Short Definition:arrange in queue
Examples:- input or output requests to a file are queued by the operating system
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