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See Also:

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

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

On Wednesday in La Paz, thousands of Bolivians queued for hours to buy chicken, a stark sign of how much families are struggling with shortages that have been worsened by protests.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

There aren’t many legislative trains queued up before the midterm elections.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

"One of the guys had queued from three o'clock in the morning," noted Scott, even though the store does not open until 10 am on Saturday.

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

He turned his phone so they could all three see it and queued the video to the part where Dimple had her three second solo.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon