QUEUE
What does "QUEUE" mean?
A line of people or things waiting their turn for something.
Meanings
- A line of people or vehicles waiting for something. There was a long queue outside the bakery.
- A data structure or list in which items are processed in the order they arrive. The print job was added to the back of the queue. technical
- To form or join a line; to line up. Fans queued overnight for the release.
Did you know?
- 'Queue' is pronounced exactly like the letter Q - the four letters after it add no new sound - and it means 'tail', from Latin 'cauda', because a line of people trails like one.
Word origin
From French 'queue' meaning 'tail', from Latin 'cauda' (tail); a line of waiting people resembles a long tail trailing behind.
Remember it
QUEUE is a Q followed by four silent letters waiting in line behind it - the word is its own queue.
A little poem
One Q, and behind it
four quiet letters waiting-
the word forms a line.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is 'queue' just the letter Q? Because the other four letters are silently waiting in line.
What it teaches
Order is just patience agreed upon by strangers, each trusting the one ahead to move first.
Quick facts
What does QUEUE mean?
A line of people or things waiting their turn for something.
Is QUEUE a valid word?
Yes — QUEUE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is QUEUE?
QUEUE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does QUEUE come from?
From French 'queue' meaning 'tail', from Latin 'cauda' (tail); a line of waiting people resembles a long tail trailing behind.
What can QUEUE teach us?
Order is just patience agreed upon by strangers, each trusting the one ahead to move first.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.