queue
To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting lineTo put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
» Get in the queue.
Stell dich mal an.
Стань у чергу.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
sich anstellen, Schlange stehen
стоя́ть в о́чередиstojátʹ v óčeredi, станови́ться в о́чередьstanovítʹsja v óčeredʹ, стать в о́чередьstatʹ v óčeredʹ
(intransitive)To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
aufreihen
(transitive)To add to a queue data structure.
To fasten the hair into a queue.
To matchmake.
I'm queueing into a game.
- form a queue, form a line, stand in line
Examples
220 sentencesGet in the queue.
Стань у чергу.
deStell dich mal an.
I don't like waiting in queues.
The queue was long.
ruОчередь была длинная.
The shoppers stood in a queue.
Покупці стояли в черзі.
They were standing in a queue.
Вони стояли у черзі.
ruОни стояли в очереди.
deSie warteten in der Schlange.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old FrenchFrom Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola.
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Forms
queues, queueing, queued, queuedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle