![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() a queue forms A queue had formed outside the shop. jump the queue (=go to the front rather than joining the end of a queue ) An argument developed when she tried to jump the queue. take your place in a queue (=join it ) I walked to the bus stop and took my place in the queue. join a queue He went back inside to join the queue for the toilets. form a queue Other passengers for the train were forming a queue. be in a queue I've been in this queue for fifteen minutes. 3 technical TD a list of jobs that a computer has to do in a particular order the print queue 4 a number of telephone calls to a particular number that are waiting to be answered → the dole queue COLLOCATIONS verbs stand/wait in a queue She stood in the queue at the checkout. queue for the queue for kidney transplant operations It is possible to jump the queue (=get something before people who have been waiting longer ) if you are prepared to pay for your treatment. 2 British English all the people who are waiting to have or get something You’ll have to join the housing queue. the front/head/back/end of a queue At last we got to the front of the queue. queue of a queue of people waiting for the bus queue for the queue for the toilets queue to do something There was a long queue to get into the cinema. ○ S3 noun 1 LINE WAIT British English a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move SYN line American English be/stand/wait in a queue We stood in a queue for half an hour.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Computers queue queue 1 / kjuː / ![]()
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