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noun

ˈkyü How to pronounce queue (audio)
Definition of queuenext
as in line
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another join the queue to my left if you need to return merchandise

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verb

as in to line

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Recent Examples of queue
Noun
When Rhode moved from online-only into pop-up shops, the lines matched or beat the smoothie queue. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Morgan Bernados couldn't get through the queue for her local theater in the San Francisco Bay Area when a batch of seats dropped a few months ago. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 July 2026
Verb
Platforms will indicate with floor markings where to queue. — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Our best ingenues would queue to star as Dora and Nora. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for queue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
  1. line
  2. line up
  3. column
  4. cue
  5. train
  6. file
  7. row
  8. sequence
Noun
  • There's often a line forming at Tony's even before opening, with waits for a table typically lasting at least an hour.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • The effect was to invalidate both China’s nine-dash line and its artificial island-building campaign—a massive blow to China’s national pride.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of line
Verb
  • Employees can easily become disengaged when their tasks do not clearly line up to specific outcomes.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • When putting out the car fire, for example, three girls line up with an instructor to hold the powerful hose.
    — Julianna Mejia July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of line up
Noun
  • Renovated in 2005 at a cost of $8 million, the intimate 17-room hotel displays the trappings of Europe’s grandest hotels, starting with an impressive foyer with a Murano glass chandelier shaped like Constantin Brancusi’s infinity column.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The property is full of nods from the Napoleon III-era Second Empire style, with torsade columns, muted greens, terra-cotta touches, and stonework abound.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of column
Verb
  • Loosen your hips, cue the fireworks, pyro, and ready the giant guacamaya.
    — Jessi Roti, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026
  • One brutal knife fight pauses so a brawler can cue up a song on the jukebox that sounds like something Doris Day would slow-dance to.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of cue
Noun
  • Set the scene Hellerup is an affluent seaside suburb, a 10-minute cab ride or 30-minute train ride away from the city center, filled with posh homes with neat gardens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Ashley Garibay lived in Stockton, California, and worked at an In-N-Out location there but would travel to other new outposts of the burger spot to train workers, the young woman's family said in a statement to KCRA-TV.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of train
Verb
  • Investigators presented the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office earlier Tuesday for filing consideration.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • All four of her grandparents were born and raised in Italy; in 2018, the then 62-year-old former magazine editor moved to Perugia, in the central Umbria region, on a temporary visa at the same time as filing a lawsuit for citizenship.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of file
Noun
  • Ratajkowski held her phone at arm’s length while seated sideways on the lounge chair, with rows of beach chairs and a glimpse of the water surrounding her.
    — Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Cabins, which feature private decks with hot tubs, frame jaw-dropping views of the Berkshire foothills thanks to a row of sliding glass doors.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of row
Verb
  • For years, the industry response to this tension was to sequence it away.
    — Vishal Saxena, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Pontus Skoglund, a population geneticist who leads the Ancient Genomics laboratory at the institute, said the wider project to genetically sequence the remains of around 1,000 ancient individuals will help to advance our scientific understanding.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of sequence

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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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