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• past tense form of queue.
• past participle of queue.

queued

American  

[kyood] / kjud /

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. )

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Example Sentences

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queued

Polls have closed in Brazil's general election, after voters queued in long lines for a tight first round of the presidential race.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

When it ended, dozens queued to meet and take photos with him.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

On Tuesday morning, dozens queued up, sometimes wrapping around the shop’s interior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

With round- the-clock pressure to test the airplanes queued up in the hangar, engineers would welcome the additional hands.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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