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queued

/kjuːd/

queued is the simple past and past participle of queue.

Meaning of queue

Verb

queue (third-person singular simple present queues, present participle queueing or queuing, simple past and past participle queued)

  1. (intransitive) To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
    • Although there is a spacious circulating area beyond the platforms at Clacton, there is severe overcrowding on peak Saturdays; at times of pressure passengers have to queue out into the street [...]1959 April, B. Perren, “The Essex Coast Branches of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 189
    Synonyms:
    join a queue, join the queue, line up
  2. (intransitive) To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
  3. (transitive) To add to a queue data structure.
  4. To fasten the hair into a queue.
    • The sons, in short square skirted coats with rows of stupendous brass buttons, and their hair generally queued in the fashion of the times, especially if they could procure an eel skin for the purpose, it being esteemed throughout the country as potent nourisher and strengthener of the hair.1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  5. To matchmake.
    • I'm queueing into a game.

See all 10 meanings of queue

Adjective

queued (not comparable)

  1. Having a tail or tails.
    • a lion rampant double-queued

Phrases with queued

Words that rhyme with queued

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Questions about queued

What does queued mean?
Queued means having a tail or tails.
What is queued the simple past and past participle of?
Queued is the simple past and past participle of queue.
What part of speech is queued?
Queued is an adjective.
How do you pronounce queued?
Queued is pronounced /kjuːd/.

Words near queued in the dictionary

  1. queue-jump
  2. queue-jumper
  3. queue-jumpers
  4. queue-jumping
  5. queueable
  6. queued
  7. queued up
  8. queueing
  9. queueing theory
  10. queueing up
  11. queueings

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