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

This is only the second time Maryam has queued for an event like this.

From BBC

Tens of thousands of people queued for hours outside the stadium before the event, with some even camping out the night before to secure their spot.

From BBC

Lucy Spencer told the BBC that she had queued to check in for a Malaysia Airlines flight for more than two hours, and that staff had been checking passengers in over the phone.

From BBC

Thousands of people queued outside polling stations on Tuesday to vote for a president, MPs and local councillors, keenly hoping to effect change in a country swamped by economic troubles.

From BBC

On Tuesday, more than 20 civilians were killed by a Russian glide bomb in the eastern Donbas region, as they queued to collect their pensions.

From BBC