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    Queue

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a line of people or vehicles waiting for something 2 | noun | (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted 3 | noun | a braid of hair at the back of the head 4 | verb | form a queue, form a line, stand in line

    Pronunciation

    ky'oo (IPA: kjˈu)

    Hyphenation

    queue (no hyphenation) (5 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1837 (Victorian era) (188 years ago)

    Word origins

    French | Old French | Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    queues | queued | queuing

    Synonyms

    waiting line | line up | queue up

    Narrower terms

    bread line | breadline | checkout line | chow line | gas line | reception line | ticket line | unemployment line | push-down queue (total: 9)

    Broader terms

    line | list | listing | braid | plait | tress | twist | stand | stand up (total: 9)

    Rhymes

    accrue | adieu | ado | anew | askew | babu | bamboo | bleu | blew | blue | boo | brew | canoe | chew | chou | ... (total: 105) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Homophones

    cue | q

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrase

    queue up

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 長隊 (noun) | 排隊 (verb) Hindi: | पंक्ति (noun) | पंक्ति में खड़ा होना (verb) Arabic: | صَفّ (noun) | يَصُفّ (verb) Spanish: | coleta (hair) | trenza (hair) French: | natte (hair) | tresse (hair)

    Other notable uses

    La Queue-en-Brie (France, 12081 people) | La Queue-les-Yvelines (France, 2381 people)

    queue.net | queue.org | queue.info | queue.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    File | Frequent ticket office sight | Line up | London line (total: 4) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    14 (International English) | 14 (North American English)

    Texting form

    Q

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ??7-8383

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