Meaning

4 senses
  1. (idiomatic)Suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules.

    соответствующийsootvetstvujuščij

  2. In a queue, waiting one's turn.

  3. Of three or more objects, positioned in a straight line.

    Please stand in line for the pledge of allegiance.

  4. (idiomatic, not comparable)Assuming a position in the future.

    He's third in line to be president.

    He's in line to be the fastest runner of all time.

More definitions
  • being next in a line of succession
  • awaiting something; especially something due

Examples

353 sentences
  1. Many people were waiting in line.

    У черзі чекало багато людей. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruВ очереди ждало много людей. — venticello

    deViele Leute standen Schlange. — raggione

  2. I don't like waiting in lines.

    Я не люблю стояти в черзі. — deniko

    ruЯ не люблю стоять в очередях. — Wezel

  3. Tom didn't want to stand in line.

    Том не хотів стояти в черзі. — deniko

    deTom wollte nicht anstehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Do I have to stand in line?

    Я повинен чекати у черзі? — deniko

  5. Aren't you tired of waiting in line?

    Хіба ти не втомилася чекати у черзі? — deniko

    deBist du es nicht leid, in der Schlange zu warten? — wolfgangth

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
appropriate to expectations:

Forms

more in line, most in line
Comparativemore in line Lesson
Superlativemost in line Lesson

regular

Synonyms

39 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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