Meaning & use
queue
A line of people or vehicles waiting for their turn to be served or to proceed.
See it in a sentence
A long queue formed outside the bakery before it even opened its doors.
New print jobs are added to the queue and processed one after another.
A note on using this word
Queue is common in British English, where American English typically uses 'line' instead.
Words with a similar meaning
linewaiting line
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