queue

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  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

Etymology

From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola.

In classic literature

Synonyms

waiting line

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