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  • 11queue — 01. There was a long [queue] waiting to get tickets for the train. 02. People here are so polite; in my country, no one waits in a [queue]. Everyone pushes and shoves to get to the front of the line. 03. The [queue] for the bus was so long that… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 12queue — queue1 [ kju ] noun count 1. ) COMPUTING a set of jobs waiting to be processed by a computer 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH a LINE of people waiting for something: be/stand in a queue: We stood in a queue for over an hour. join a queue: A woman joined the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13queue — /kju:/ noun 1. a line of people waiting one behind the other ● to form a queue or to join a queue ● Queues formed at the doors of the bank when the news spread about its possible collapse. 2. a series of documents (such as orders or application… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 14Queue area — Queue areas are places in which people in line (first come, first served) wait for goods or services. Examples include the DMV, checking out groceries or other goods that have been collected in a self service shop, in a shop without self service …

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  • 15join a line — join a line/queue/ phrase to go and stand at the end of a line of people who are waiting for something Thesaurus: to wait in a queuesynonym Main entry: join …

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  • 16queue — I n. (esp. BE) 1) to form a queue 2) to join; jump the queue 3) in a queue (to stand in a queue) II v. see queue up * * * [kjuː] (esp. BE) to form a queue see queue up to join: jump the queue in a queue …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17Queue (data structure) — A queue (pronounced /kjuː/) is a particular kind of collection in which the entities in the collection are kept in order and the principal (or only) operations on the collection are the addition of entities to the rear terminal position and… …

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  • 18join — I UK [dʒɔɪn] / US verb Word forms join : present tense I/you/we/they join he/she/it joins present participle joining past tense joined past participle joined *** 1) a) [transitive] to become a member of an organization, club etc I m thinking of… …

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  • 19join — verb 1 become a member of sth ADVERB ▪ formally, officially ▪ Although a sympathizer, he never officially joined the party. ▪ voluntarily, willingly ▪ Some were conscripted into the army and …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 20queue — 1 noun (C) BrE 1 a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move; line 1 (22) AmE: The queue for the cinema went right round the building. | We were stuck in the queue for half an hour. |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English