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

The 14 copies in London sold out instantly, after some fans got wind of the release and queued up in advance.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

There were requests for hot water for instant noodles and Gil queued up the paper cups and yes, sorry, promised to attend to them in just a moment.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Hundreds of people queued at tech giant Baidu's Beijing headquarters this week for an OpenClaw event where engineers helped attendees set up their "little lobsters".

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

"It was chaotic back in the day, you'd be queued out the door," he recalls.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

The Cyndi Lauper song ended and Og queued up another dance track—“James Brown Is Dead” by L.A.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline