queue
noun [ C ]
uk/kjuː/ us UK (US line)
a line of people who are waiting for something:
There was a huge queue of people stretching down the road from the bank.
UK (US line)
a number of people who want to do or have something:
Rarely does a company that is suffering from such mismanagement attract a queue of eager buyers.
She would not be a preferential creditor and would have to join the queue of other creditors.
be at the front/back of the queue It's public-sector workers who are always at the back of the queue when pay rises are being handed out.
be the first/last in the queue Fortunately, they were first in the queue of creditors.
IT
a list of jobs that a computer has to do:
a print queue
COMMUNICATIONS UK
a number of people who are waiting to speak to someone on the phone:
Please hold, you are in a queue and your call will be answered as soon as possible.
See also
dole queue
queue
verb
UK uk/kjuː/ us(US stand in line); (also UK queue up) [ I ]
to join a line of people who are waiting for something:
Private investors would regularly queue outside their banks in order to rush their application forms in before the deadline.
[ I ]
to join a number of people who are waiting for or to do something:
Competitors queue up to steal clients and key employees.
[ T ] IT
to arrange tasks in order:
The server will not allow me to queue print jobs.