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# queue

noun (queue, queues); verb (queue, queues, queued, queuing/queueing)

«queue» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A queue is a line of people waiting their turn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#m1)
2. To queue is to wait in a line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#m2)
3. A queue can also be a list of things waiting, like songs or print jobs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#m3)

### In the lessons

the same as a line: people joining add, people leaving subtract; places are counted from the front; phrases: «in a queue», «queue up», «jump the queue» (push in, unfair)

### Examples

- There are twenty-nine children in a queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#x1)
- Tom is 8th in the queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#x2)
- 5 more people join the queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#x3)
- We queued for an hour to see the dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#x4)
- Please queue up quietly for lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#x5)
- It is rude to jump the queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#x6)
- The queue for the ice cream van was very long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#x7)
- Three songs are in the queue to play next. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/#x8)

### Note

Read it as a line. People joining add to the queue, people leaving subtract. Spelling: queue (the letters «ueue» are silent; it sounds like the letter Q). Mostly British; Americans say «line».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «queue» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/queue/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«queue» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/queue.html) on Mova free.