Plural of queue
regular plural
The plural of queue is queues.
Forms of queue
| Singular | queue /kjuː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | queues /kjuːz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Queues in a sentence
- The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start.From the entry revolve
- The attack campaign depicted snaking queues outside a Jobcentre.From the entry jobcentre
- Minheaps are often used to implement priority queues.From the entry minheap
- The agents.conf file is used to define agents for queues using the agents channel.2013, Russell Bryant, Leif Madsen, Jim Van Meggelen, Asterisk: The Definitive Guide: The Future of Telephony Is Now, page 349. From the entry pseudochannel
- Huge queues form outside the Chippy, often stretching back to the Coop and beyond.2008, Patrick Naughton, chapter I, in Whistle Wood, Land of the Fathers, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry chippy
Meaning of queue
- noun A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
- noun A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
- noun A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
Questions about the plural of queue
- What is the plural of queue?
- The plural of queue is queues.
- Is queue countable?
- Queue is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: queue (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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