queued

[kyood]

adjective

1. waiting in a line.

   The motorcycle zipped by, overtaking the queued cars and cutting in front of all of them.

2. Computers.,  assigned to or arranged in a list of items waiting for action.

   The service has since been restored and all queued emails have been delivered.

   The queued operations may be rearranged and optimized before execution.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of queue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of queued¹

queue ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ), -ed ³ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The delighted fans who queued for the Tube home singing Karma Police will be hoping everything is in its right place for a fully-fledged comeback.

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For now, the steep price rises have not resulted in product shortages as they did a few years ago, when people queued for hours to just to buy a small bag of coffee or sugar.

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Fatima gripped her newborn tightly against her chest as the Tuareg woman queued beneath the scorching Mauritanian afternoon sun to register herself and her child as refugees.

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Before and after matches, fans queued for pictures with the Australian stars.

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Vendors shuttered buildings, and neighbors queued at stands, stuffing bags with fruit and provisions.

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