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Antonyms for queue

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kyoo
Phonetic Transcription : kyu

Definition of queue

Origin :
  • late 15c., "band attached to a letter with seals dangling on the free end," from French queue "a tail," from Old French cue, coe "tail" (12c., also "penis"), from Latin coda (dialectal variant or alternative form of cauda) "tail," of unknown origin. Also in literal use in 16c. English, "tail of a beast," especially in heraldry. The Middle English metaphoric extension to "line of dancers" (c.1500) led to extended sense of "line of people, etc." (1837). Also used 18c. in sense of "braid of hair hanging down behind" (first attested 1748).
  • noun sequence
Example sentences :
  • To buy my turn in the queue when the meat is being distributed.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • On the sidewalk, a queue of men was being held in line by a burly cop.
  • Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg
  • There always must be these people who cannot stand in line in a queue and be fair.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • It is required, however, that they should take their places in the queue.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920 » by Various
  • Here is the Napoleon, the man with a queue, and the Philippe that I have bitten.
  • Extract from : « Ten Tales » by Franois Coppe
  • I feel as if I'd give anything to have had a chance to stand three hours in that queue.
  • Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
  • His hat was the cover, his queue the handle, and his pipe the nose.
  • Extract from : « Eight Cousins » by Louisa M. Alcott
  • Denton became aware of his duties, and hurried to join the tail of the queue.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Space and Time » by Herbert George Wells
  • And here we beg to give a view Of suitors waiting in a queue.
  • Extract from : « A Humorous History of England » by C. Harrison
  • The custom of the queue is a spontaneous expression of his love of fairness and order.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey

Synonyms for queue

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