queued

American

[kyood] / kyud /

adjective

waiting in a line.

The motorcycle zipped by, overtaking the queued cars and cutting in front of all of them.
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

the simple past tense and past participle of queue.

Etymology

Origin of queued

queue ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ), -ed ³ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

The Chinese consumer who once queued for hours to buy a logo has evolved.

From Barron's

Simon Ng, one of dozens of Lai's supporters who queued for hours outside the court, told AFP he had been a "loyal reader" since Apple Daily was founded in 1995.

From Barron's

The Apple Daily readers who queued up for tickets to Monday’s sentencing did so because they regard Mr. Lai as standing up for them.

From The Wall Street Journal

AFP images from Sunday showed ambulances queued up on the Egyptian side preparing to receive medical evacuees, who were expected to be the first groups allowed out.

From Barron's

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