queue

A line of people or things waiting for their turn.

• The queue is very long.
• We joined the queue outside the shop.
• Two queues formed in front of the ticket windows.

How to use it: a queue for something (There was a long queue for tickets.)

Similar words: line

Common phrases: join a queue, long queue, queue for tickets

To stand in a line and wait for your turn.

• Please queue here.
• We queued for an hour to buy tickets.
• Are people already queuing outside the cinema?

How to use it: queue for something (We queued for tickets in the rain.); queue up (People queued up outside the bakery.)

Similar words: line up

Common phrases: queue for something, queue up, queue outside something

To join an online waiting system that finds other players for a game.

• We can queue together.
• He queued for a match with two friends.
• Are you queuing into another game tonight?

How to use it: queue for something (We queued for a ranked match.); queue into a game (She queued into a game after dinner.)

Common phrases: queue for ranked, queue with friends, queue into something