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Meanings of queue in English
Line of people waiting for goods or services on a first-come, first-served basis, or an area where such a line forms.
Russian
бянь-фа Spanish
coleta china 
Portuguese
enfileirar Synonyms
Examples for "waiting line"
Examples for "waiting line"
1
Several guests attacked the buffet while the waiting line was down.
2
A man in the waiting line looked at me pityingly.
3
The rain fell in torrents; and quickly I took position in the long, waiting line.
4
This would be the rule: There was never a waiting line for Craig's wide testpieces.
5
There's always a waiting line for the Javelins!
Usage of queue in English
1
Unfortunately, 'screwing up' on queue could be as difficult as juggling correctly.
2
Now, of course, the queue goes all the way to the top.
3
This option may be used to rearrange jobs within a print queue.
4
There was a long queue of traffic but the superhighway was clear.
5
The queue is endless and you need to wait for long hours.
6
For example, one part of the application processes notifications from a queue.
7
I was absent-minded at the moment and was last in the queue.
8
Now the queue's growing end snakes as far as the fireplace showroom.
9
As patients, we should expect to wait our turn in the queue.
10
In every community there's an ever-growing queue of people waiting for treatment.
11
Everyone in the queue for water in Drogheda agreed on three things.
12
If there was a queue, well obviously we were going straight home.
13
The municipality manager has said that he can not allow queue jumping.
14
An explosive-laden car rammed into a queue of people waiting to vote.
15
To avoid having to queue, I decided to bring my own supply.
16
It's well suited to parties: people can queue tracks from the iPhone.
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Translations for queue
Portuguese
Spanish
Catalan
Queue through the time
Queue across language varieties
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
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