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Get to know Queue better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like stand or twist.

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Queue in a sentence

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Queue | Queues | Queued | Queueing

Queue meaning

  1. 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).
  2. A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
  3. 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.

Synonyms of Queue

waiting line stand queue up line up twist tress plait braid listing list line stand up

Related words

Other words often associated with Queue or its synonyms:

position coif hairstyle coiffure hairdo weave database resist shape align register pleat

Using Queue

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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). | A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order. | 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.
  • Useful related words include: waiting line, stand, queue up, line up.
  • In the example corpus, queue often appears in combinations such as: the queue, queue for, in queue.

Context around Queue

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 10 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

full 1× empty 1× amortized 1× traffic 1× online 1× chosen 1× average 1× next 1× ready 1×

Often after:

managers 2× overflow 1× underflow 1× note 1× queuing 1× sitting 1× receives 1× review 1× times 1× grew 1×

Sentence patterns with Queue

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of the queue 2× a full queue and queue 1× a traffic queue they do 1× amortized queue note that 1× an empty queue 1× an online queue you have 1× and just queue up explained 1× and the queue grew so 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a handle to 1× amortized queue note 1× he was standing 1× how to add 1× however the erlang 1× in bre people 1×

Common sentence endings:

of the queue 2× an empty queue 1× be serviced first 1× for visa processing 1× in amortized time 1× in the bvi 1×

Words around Queue

Just before it in the word index:

quetzals 5 quetzalcoatlus 8 quetzalcoatl 8 quetzal 12 quette 2 quetta 52

Just after it in the word index:

queued 100 queueing 80 queues 400 queuing 157 quevedo 4 quewezance 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aew 757 alexa 757 commodities 757 contaminated 757 hancock 757 hints 757

Corpus analysis for Queue

  • In this selection, "queue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, full, empty, amortized, managers, overflow and underflow stand out and add context to how "queue" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of the queue and a full queue and queue. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "queue" sits close to words such as aew, alexa and commodities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with queue

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

You have to be in a queue and when you're in a queue, you think. (16 words)

The chosen 'Queue Review Officers' will be required to report the average queue times and provide feedback on their experience. (20 words)

A handle to the PCB is added to a queue of processes that are ready to run, often called the ready queue. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

The wait time is how long the request had to wait in a queue before being serviced and it varies from zero, when no waiting is required, to a large multiple of the service time, as many requests are already in the queue and have to be serviced first. (49 words)

In BrE, people talk of standing in a queue, queuing up, joining the queue, sitting in a queue (for example, when driving) and simply queuing; Britons may be confused by the expression "in line", thinking that a row rather than a column of people is meant. (46 words)

If you are going to the hair salon, for example, even before you leave your home, you could see how many people are in the queue and just queue up,” explained Samuel who is a Dominican Republic native living in the BVI. (42 words)

Example sentences (20)

Queue overflow results from trying to add an element onto a full queue and queue underflow happens when trying to remove an element from an empty queue.

Amortized queue Note that, without the lazy part of the implementation, the real-time queue would be a non-persistent implementation of queue in amortized time.

In BrE, people talk of standing in a queue, queuing up, joining the queue, sitting in a queue (for example, when driving) and simply queuing; Britons may be confused by the expression "in line", thinking that a row rather than a column of people is meant.

Such schemes operate as a queue, where the person at head of the queue receives an item such as a television, games console, digital camcorder, etc. when a certain number of new people join the end of the queue.

Unfortunately, a controversy exists regarding those terms: * To many people, items should enter a queue at the tail, and remain in the queue until they reach the head and leave the queue from there.

He was standing in the queue and was waiting for his turn, when another man tried to slide into the queue and stand before Hariyale.

Or when in a traffic queue they do a U-turn and dash off to find a way of beating the rest of the queue.

Prof Dewar said this applied a priority system to visa processing that pushed some universities to the front of the queue and other universities to the back of the queue for visa processing.

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Sir Chris said of people waiting hours in an online queue: “You have no idea how somebody gets to be number 1,273 rather than 1,884 in the queue.

The chosen 'Queue Review Officers' will be required to report the average queue times and provide feedback on their experience.

You have to be in a queue and when you're in a queue, you think.

If you are going to the hair salon, for example, even before you leave your home, you could see how many people are in the queue and just queue up,” explained Samuel who is a Dominican Republic native living in the BVI.

People started to queue well before they arrived and the queue grew so much that the vast majority of people had to leave empty handed.

How to add a song to your Play Next queue: Apple Music can queue up songs you want to listen to while on the go.

A handle to the PCB is added to a queue of processes that are ready to run, often called the ready queue.

However, the Erlang C formula assumes that callers never hang up while in queue, that all calls begin and end in the same time period being considered, and that callers never try to call back after having hung up while in queue.

Large help desks have a person or team responsible for managing the incoming requests, called "issues"; they are commonly called queue managers or queue supervisors.

Some common features of queue managers are: re-prioritization of the queue, management of software licenses, and algorithms to best optimize throughput based on various types of hardware in the farm.

The generic routines are used to add new messages to a queue when they are received, and remove them from the queue in order to process the message.

The wait time is how long the request had to wait in a queue before being serviced and it varies from zero, when no waiting is required, to a large multiple of the service time, as many requests are already in the queue and have to be serviced first.

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Common combinations with queue

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "queue" in a sentence?
An example: "Queue overflow results from trying to add an element onto a full queue and queue underflow happens when trying to remove an element from an empty queue." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "queue" from authentic English texts.
What does "queue" mean?
Queue means: 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).
What are synonyms of "queue"?
Common synonyms of "queue" include: waiting line, stand, queue up, line up, twist, tress, plait, braid. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "queue" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "queue", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.