queue
gb/kjˈu/ us/kjˈu/
B1
Engleză
~ 7800
sor, sorban áll, sorba áll, sorba állít, sorba tesz, várakozási sor, varkocs, copf
SUBSTANTIV
B1
1
sor
A1
Tipar de utilizare:
a queue of [people/things]
There was a long queue outside the cinema on Friday night.
Péntek este hosszú sor állt a mozi előtt.
Please join the queue and wait for your turn at the counter.
Kérjük, álljon be a sorba, és várja meg, amíg sorra kerül a pultnál.
A queue of cars formed at the border crossing during the holiday weekend.
We stood in the queue for almost an hour before we got inside.
The children lined up in a neat queue for lunch.
Exemple pentru cursanți
We waited in a long queue for the bus.
Hosszú sorban vártunk a buszra.
There is a short queue at the shop today.
Ma rövid sor van a boltban.
Please stand in the queue behind that man.
I saw a queue of people in front of the bank.
They formed a queue at the door of the classroom.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners often confuse "queue" and "line". In British English, people usually say "stand in a queue" or "queue", while in American English people say "stand in line". Also, the spelling "queue" is irregular; many learners forget the final "ue".
Sens
line of people or things waiting
Colocații
long queue
|stand in a queue
|wait in a queue
|join the queue
|form a queue
Sinonime
line (More common in American English; means the same as a queue of people waiting.)
|
lineup (Mainly North American; often used for people waiting to enter or buy something.)
Antonime
no line (Describes a situation where people do not have to wait, so there is no queue.)
Teme
daily life
|travel
|work
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
A line of people or things waiting for something, for example to buy a ticket or get on a bus.
A line of people or things arranged in order, each waiting for their turn to be served, used, or dealt with.
VERB
B1
2
sorban áll
A2
sorba áll
A2
Tipar de utilizare:
to queue for [something]
Fans queued for hours to see the band perform live.
A rajongók órákig álltak sorban, hogy élőben láthassák a zenekart.
We had to queue for security before entering the stadium.
Sorban kellett állnunk a biztonsági ellenőrzésnél, mielőtt beléptünk a stadionba.
People were already queuing outside the store when it opened.
Passengers queued neatly at the gate as boarding began.
Dozens of cars were queuing to get into the car park.
Exemple pentru cursanți
We queued for the bus in the rain.
Esőben álltunk sorban a buszra várva.
People are queuing for coffee at the café.
A kávézóban az emberek sorban állnak kávéért.
You must queue to buy a ticket.
They queued outside the shop before it opened.
We queued for a long time to enter the museum.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes say "queue" without a preposition, for example "We queued the bus" instead of "We queued for the bus". Also, in American English people more often say "line up" than "queue", so some learners may not hear the verb "queue" very often.
Sens
to stand in line and wait
Colocații
queue for tickets
|queue outside
|queue for hours
|people queue
|queue to get in
Sinonime
line up (Especially common in American English; slightly more informal but with the same meaning.)
Antonime
skip the line (Means to avoid waiting in the line, often by going directly to the front.)
Teme
daily life
|travel
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
To stand in a line with other people or things and wait for something.
To form or join a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for service or their turn.
VERB
B2
TECHNICAL
3
sorba állít
B2
sorba tesz
B1
Tipar de utilizare:
to queue [something] (up)
You can queue the next five songs so the playlist keeps going.
Lejátszási sorba teheted a következő öt számot, hogy ne álljon meg a lejátszási lista.
The system automatically queues incoming requests during peak hours.
Csúcsidőben a rendszer automatikusan sorba állítja a beérkező kéréseket.
Please queue the print jobs and send them to the main office printer.
Users can queue downloads and let them run overnight.
The administrator queued several updates to install after midnight.
Exemple pentru cursanți
I queued three movies to watch tonight.
Három filmet tettem sorba, hogy ma este megnézzem őket.
She queued the next song on her phone.
Sorba tette a következő számot a telefonján.
The program queued my files for upload.
We queued the documents to print later.
The app lets you queue many videos at once.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse this with simply "save" or "open". "Queue" here means the item is stored in an ordered list to be done later, not done immediately.
Sens
to add items to a processing list
Colocații
queue a song
|queue the next video
|queue print jobs
|queue downloads
|queue tasks
Sinonime
schedule (Focuses more on setting a time for something, not necessarily on adding it to a strict first-in-first-out list.)
Antonime
cancel (Means to remove an item so it will not be processed or played, the opposite of adding it to a queue.)
Teme
technology
|computing
|media
Definiție
To put things, like songs or files, into a list so a computer or device will play or do them later, one after another.
To arrange or add one or more items to an ordered list so they will be processed or handled later, especially by a computer or device.
SUBSTANTIV
B2
TECHNICAL
4
sor
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
a queue of [tasks/items/messages]
The print queue is full, so your document may take a while.
Tele van a nyomtatási sor, ezért eltarthat egy ideig, mire kinyomtatódik a dokumentumod.
Several jobs are stuck in the processing queue.
Több feladat is beragadt a feldolgozási sorban.
Our email queue grew quickly during the outage.
Each server has its own request queue to handle incoming traffic.
The administrator cleared the task queue to stop the system overload.
Exemple pentru cursanți
There are five files in the print queue.
Öt fájl van a nyomtatási sorban.
My email stayed in the outbox queue for an hour.
Az e-mailem egy órán át a kimenő levelek küldési sorában maradt.
The job is now at the top of the queue.
The support queue is very long today.
We have an empty queue after finishing all tasks.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may think a "queue" in computing is just a random list. In most technical contexts, a queue has an order, and items are usually processed in the same order they entered (first in, first out).
Sens
ordered list of items to process
Colocații
print queue
|job queue
|task queue
|message queue
|request queue
Sinonime
backlog (A general word for work that is waiting to be done, not always organized in a strict first-in-first-out structure.)
Antonime
empty list (Describes the state where the queue has no items waiting to be processed.)
Teme
technology
|computing
|science
Definiție
A list inside a computer or device where tasks or items wait to be done, usually in the order they came in.
An ordered list of messages, tasks, or other items waiting to be processed by a system, device, or program, usually in the order they were added.
SUBSTANTIV
C1
LITERARY
5
Tipar de utilizare:
a queue of [hair]
The soldier wore his hair in a long queue down his back.
A katona hosszú varkocsban viselte a haját, amely a hátára lógott.
In the painting, the official is shown with a carefully braided queue.
A festményen a hivatalnok gondosan befont varkoccsal látható.
Many men in that period cut off their queue to follow the new fashion.
His queue brushed the collar of his coat as he turned.
The character’s silver queue marked him as a man of high rank.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The old man in the story has a long queue.
A történetben az öregembernek hosszú varkocsa van.
In the picture, his hair is tied in a queue.
A képen varkocsba van kötve a haja.
Men in that time often wore a queue.
He cut off his queue when the rules changed.
Her father wears his hair in a queue for special events.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may confuse this meaning with the much more common meaning of "queue" as a line of people. The hair-related meaning is rare in modern everyday English and is mainly used in historical or literary contexts.
Sens
tail-like length of tied hair
Colocații
wear a queue
|long queue of hair
|hair tied in a queue
Sinonime
ponytail (A modern general term for hair tied at the back; not limited to historical or male styles.)
Antonime
short hair (Describes hair that is too short to be gathered into a queue.)
Teme
appearance
|history
|body
|clothing
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
Hair that is tied together and hangs down from the back of the head, especially in some old styles.
A length of hair gathered and tied so that it hangs down from the back of the head, especially as a traditional or historical male hairstyle.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
queue
IPA
GB/kjˈu/
US/kjˈu/
Silabe și accent
queue (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (queue)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: queue
- Plural: queues
Verb
- Base: queue
- 3rd Person Singular: queues
- Present Participle: queueing, queuing
- Past: queued
- Past Participle: queued
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
queues
noun
queueing
verb
queuing
verb
queued
verb
Advanced or less common
queuer
noun
Expresii
be at the back of the queue
1/bˈi ˈæt ðə bˈæk əv ðə kjˈu/
fixed phrase
to be last in line
To be the last person or thing in a line that is waiting for something.
Exemple
- We arrived late and ended up at the back of the queue.
- He was at the back of the queue and had to wait the longest.
- If you join now, you’ll be at the back of the queue.
be at the front of the queue
1/bˈi ˈæt ðə fɹˈʌnt əv ðə kjˈu/
fixed phrase
to be first in line
To be the first person or thing in a line that is waiting for something.
Exemple
- If we arrive early, we’ll be at the front of the queue.
- Only the people at the front of the queue got into the first bus.
- She was lucky to be at the front of the queue when the doors opened.
join the queue
1/d͡ʒˈɔɪn ðə kjˈu/
fixed phrase
to go to the end of the line
To go to the end of a line of people who are already waiting.
Exemple
- Please join the queue at the back of the hall.
- We joined the queue and slowly moved forward.
- If you want coffee, you need to join the queue over there.
jump the queue
1/d͡ʒˈʌmp ðə kjˈu/
idiom
to unfairly go ahead in line
To move in front of people who were waiting before you in a line, without waiting your turn.
Exemple
- It’s rude to jump the queue when everyone else has been waiting.
- Several passengers tried to jump the queue at the check‑in desk.
- He got angry when someone jumped the queue in front of him.
queue something up
1/kjˈu sˈʌmθɪŋ ˈʌp/
phrasal verb
to prepare items in a play/process list
To put songs, videos, or other items into a list so a device will play or do them later, one by one.
Exemple
- I queued up a few episodes to watch on the train.
- She queued the next song up while we were talking.
- You can queue up several files to download overnight.
queue up
1/kjˈu ˈʌp/
phrasal verb
to form a line and wait
To stand in a line with other people and wait for something.
Exemple
- People started to queue up outside the store before it opened.
- We had to queue up for over an hour to get into the concert.
- Children queue up in the playground before going back to class.
queue up for
1/kjˈu ˈʌp fɚ/
fixed phrase
to line up to get something
To stand in a line and wait to get a particular thing or service.
Exemple
- Tourists queued up for tickets to the famous temple.
- Fans were queuing up for autographs after the show.
- People queued up for free samples outside the new café.
wait in a queue
1/wˈeɪt ˈɪn ə kjˈu/
fixed phrase
to stand in line and wait
To stand in a line and stay there until it is your turn.
Exemple
- We had to wait in a queue for thirty minutes.
- I don’t mind waiting in a queue if it moves quickly.
- They waited in a queue outside the club in the cold.