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queue

Meanings
  • noun

    A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn to be attended or to enter a place.

    - "The queue for the roller coaster was very long."
    - "Please join the queue to purchase your tickets."
    - "We waited in the queue for over an hour."
Pronunciation




  1. Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75857534"
  2. /kjuː/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6282262"
Synonyms

line , lineup , join , line up
Rhymes
Words rhyming with queue
cue , queue , new , clue , view
Variants
List of all variants of queue that leads to same result
queue , queues , queued , queueing , queuer , queuers , queuing , queue-jumping , jump , jump bail , jump ship , jump the gun , jump the queue , jump the shark , jumped , jumped bail , jumped ship , jumped the gun , jumped the queue , jumped the shark , jumping , jumping bail , jumping ship , jumping the gun , jumping the queue , jumping the shark , jumps , jumps bail , jumps ship , jumps the gun , jumps the queue , jumps the shark
Etymology
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Originally from the Tamil word 'kodu' meaning 'to form a line'. The term was adopted into French as 'queue' and then into English.

Trivia
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  1. The longest queue ever recorded was for the opening of the Apple iPhone 4S, with over 32,000 people waiting in line.

  2. In ancient Rome, people would form a queue to buy bread from the bakeries.

Related Concepts
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  1. line: Queue is a type of line, specifically one where people or vehicles wait their turn.

  2. waiting line: Another term for a queue, where individuals or vehicles wait in an orderly fashion for their turn.

Quotes
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  1. The Tiong Bahru hawker center in Singapore might well be my favorite place in the world to start the day. I remember vividly my first visit: I arrived jetlagged and hungry at seven in the morning to find vendors stir-frying greens in gigantic woks, sending up whooshes of smoke fragrant with garlic. Long "queues" of businessmen and construction workers and families who likely lived in the nearby housing projects snaked from the cash register of each stall.

    - James Oseland,{it}Saveur{/it},October 2008

  2. Around the time the Soviet Union ceased to exist, I was waiting in the entry "queue" at Fiumicino Airport in Rome when I noticed a party of several dozen young Russian girls being fast-tracked past a freshly opened control window.

    - Peter Robb,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},25 May 2008

  3. But many more people deserve the Nobel than get it. Krauss should've gotten it years ago. Though by now so many other discoveries have been made that he's farther down in an ever increasing "queue".

    - Carl Djerassi,{it}Cantor's Dilemma{/it},1989
Culture
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In literature, the queue is often used metaphorically to represent waiting in line for something, such as in Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22'. In art, the queue can symbolize order and patience, as seen in Bruegel's 'The Procession to Calvary'. In music, the term 'queue jump' refers to skipping the line or gaining priority.

How to Memorize "queue"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a long line of people or vehicles, each taking their turn.
    - Visualize yourself joining the end of the queue and moving forward.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'queue' with the idea of waiting in line.
    - Think of the image of a line of people or vehicles.

  3. mnemonics

    - Remember the acronym 'CUE' for 'queue': 'C' for 'line', 'U' for 'under', and 'E' for 'everyone'.

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