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enqueue

enqueue verb: to add an item to a queue.

Verb

enqueue (third-person singular simple present enqueues, present participle enqueuing or enqueueing, simple past and past participle enqueued)

  1. (transitive) To add an item to a queue.

Antonyms of enqueue

Forms of enqueue

third-person singular presentenqueues
present participleenqueuing
present participleenqueueing
past participleenqueued
pastenqueued

Origin of enqueue

From en- + queue.

Words formed from enqueue

Questions about enqueue

What does enqueue mean?
Enqueue means to add an item to a queue.
What part of speech is enqueue?
Enqueue is a verb.
What is the past tense of enqueue?
The past tense of enqueue is enqueued.

Words near enqueue in the dictionary

  1. enprofylline
  2. enpromate
  3. enprostil
  4. enquest
  5. enquests
  6. enqueue
  7. enqueued
  8. enqueueing
  9. enqueuer
  10. enqueuers
  11. enqueues

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