- long queue
- lengthy line
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
long queue
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queue — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑line ADJECTIVE ▪ endless, long ▪ growing, lengthening ▪ orderly ▪ Please form an orderly queu … Collocations dictionary
queue */ — I UK [kjuː] / US [kju] noun [countable] Word forms queue : singular queue plural queues 1) a) British a line of people waiting for something in a shop or similar place. The usual American word is line queue for: There was a long queue for tickets … English dictionary
queue — 01. There was a long [queue] waiting to get tickets for the train. 02. People here are so polite; in my country, no one waits in a [queue]. Everyone pushes and shoves to get to the front of the line. 03. The [queue] for the bus was so long that… … Grammatical examples in English
queue — queue1 [ kju ] noun count 1. ) COMPUTING a set of jobs waiting to be processed by a computer 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH a LINE of people waiting for something: be/stand in a queue: We stood in a queue for over an hour. join a queue: A woman joined the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
queue — queue1 S3 [kju:] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: tail , from Latin cauda, coda] 1.) BrE a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move American Equivalent: linebe/stand/wait in a queue … Dictionary of contemporary English
queue — [[t]kju͟ː[/t]] queues, queuing, queued (queueing can also be used as the continuous form.) 1) N COUNT: oft N for n, N of n A queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something. [mainly BRIT] I watched as he got a tray and joined … English dictionary
queue*/ — [kjuː] noun [C] British I a line of people that are waiting for something There was a long queue for tickets.[/ex] We stood in a queue for over an hour.[/ex] a queue to get into the museum[/ex] II (present participle queuing queueing) verb [I]… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
long — I UK [lɒŋ] / US [lɔŋ] adjective Word forms long : adjective long comparative longer superlative longest *** 1) lasting for a large amount of time It s a long time since I saw Rachel. There was a long pause before he spoke. Many people face a long … English dictionary
queue — 1. noun a long queue of people Syn: lineup, line, row, column, file, chain, string; procession, train, cavalcade See note at cue 2. verb we queued for ice cream Syn: line up … Thesaurus of popular words
long*/*/*/ — [lɒŋ] adj I 1) lasting for a large amount of time Ant: short He has a long history of mental illness.[/ex] It s a long time since I saw Rachel.[/ex] 2) measuring a large amount from one end to the other Ant: short It s the longest tunnel in… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
