queue

noun
UK /kjuː/
US /kjuː/

A line of people waiting for their turn.

We stood in a long queue for the bus.

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OTHER MEANINGS

2. A list of tasks or jobs waiting to be handled by a computer.

The print queue has three documents in it.

3. A long braid of hair worn at the back of the head.

In old paintings, the soldier had a neat queue.

4. To form a line and wait.

People queued outside the shop before it opened.