queued

[ kyood ]

/ kyud /

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adjective

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

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

the simple past tense and past participle of queue.

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Origin of queued

queue + -ed², -ed³

Words nearby queued

Quetta, quetzal, Quetzalcoatl, Quetzaltenango, queue, queued, queue fourché, queue-jump, queuing theory, Quevedo y Villegas, quey

How to use queued in a sentence

They fork over their allowance to secure a place in the virtual queue.
My kids are on screens more than ever during the pandemic. Here’s why I’m not panicking.|Jordan Shapiro|November 5, 2020|Washington Post
Instead of assigning an agent to constantly monitor the chat app, companies are able to feed that information directly to customer service agents, forming a queue alongside tickets from other communication platforms such as texts or phone calls.
MessageBird becomes a unicorn thrice over|Lucinda Shen|October 8, 2020|Fortune
Indeed, for many advertisers, 2020 is the year to jump the queue and go early with campaigns.
‘Now is time to come up with pivot plans:’ e-commerce is driving media spending over the holidays|Seb Joseph|October 5, 2020|Digiday
Meanwhile, the queue worker is constantly checking the queue.
Meet the Baconator|by Frank Sharpe|October 2, 2020|ProPublica

As requests come into the queue, it generates the webpage from the origin and updates the corresponding cache in the data store.
Meet the Baconator|by Frank Sharpe|October 2, 2020|ProPublica
When Madame Tussauds unveiled their new waxwork of Kate, people queued up for a chance to feel “her” hair.
Why Kate's Hair Matters|Tom Sykes|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They queued at roadside snack stands for rations of peanuts, a holiday tradition.
North Korea Lavishly Celebrates Kim Il Sung's Birthday|David Frum|April 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Most recently, Venezuelans queued for hours in search of wheat flour.
Hugo Chávez’s House of Cards|Mac Margolis|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Beneath the sign, young men stood with machine guns slung over their shoulders, while female residents queued to see Dr. Sheikh.
Winter, Food Shortages, Descend on Syria’s Refugees|Mike Giglio|January 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
By two in the afternoon, the customers were queued up down the block.
New York Fuel Runs on Empty in Hurricane Sandy Aftermath|Caitlin Dickson|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In a long-queued, porcelain Chinese mandarin he distinctly recognised a quaint quatrain in one of Clarke's most marvellous poems.
The House of the Vampire|George Sylvester Viereck
Double-queued: two tails, as No. 181, which is a lion rampant double-queued.
The Handbook to English Heraldry|Charles Boutell
That some of them clubbed and some of them queued their hair, I have already remarked.
The Historical Child|Oscar Chrisman
She then went to a trunk and got a ribbon and queued my hair very nicely.
Narrative of the Captivity of William Biggs among the Kickapoo Indians in Illinois in 1788|William Biggs
The white hair is still politely queued, and the close-shaven cheeks glisten with the neat polish of the razor's edge; but, alas!
In the Valley|Harold Frederic

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