queued

American  

[kyood] / kyud /

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.

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verb

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

Etymology

Origin of queued

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

Example Sentences

He had come to vote at Notre Dame college in the Plateau district, where voters queued in a hall below a huge portrait of Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the west African nation's founding president.

From Barron's

People from across the UK, Europe and the United States queued up from 21:00 on Christmas Eve to see the Royal Family on Christmas Day.

From BBC

Groceries arrive, coffee is strong, music is queued, and the kitchen hums as you chop, roast, stir, and stack.

From Salon

Even now, many Hong Kongers see him as a leading voice for democracy - about 80 people had queued to enter the court ahead of the verdict on Monday.

From BBC

On Tuesday there were 100 calls waiting for an ambulance response, with the "number of ambulances queued at EDs fluctuating hourly".

From BBC