QUEUE


Meaning of QUEUE in English

I.

noun ( BrE ) ⇨ See also ↑ line

ADJECTIVE

▪ endless , long

▪ growing , lengthening

▪ orderly

Please form an orderly ~.

▪ bus , checkout , cinema , etc.

▪ bread , dinner , food

the country's soaring prices and growing food ~s

▪ traffic

▪ dole

More unemployed people are joining the dole ~ each week.

VERB + QUEUE

▪ form , line up in

▪ join , stand in , wait in

He had to join the ~ for the toilets.

▪ jump

Don't jump the queue—take your turn like everyone else!

QUEUE + VERB

▪ form

▪ build up , grow

Long ~s are building up on the city's exit roads.

▪ move

The queue's not moving at all.

▪ stretch

The ~ stretched for more than a mile.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

the people in the ~

▪ ~ for

the ~ for tickets

▪ ~ of

a long ~ of shoppers

PHRASES

▪ the back of the ~ , the end of the ~

▪ the front of the ~ , the head of the ~

II.

verb ( BrE )

ADVERB

▪ patiently

▪ up

People ~d up outside.

VERB + QUEUE

▪ have to

PREPOSITION

▪ for

We had to ~ for tickets.

Queue is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ fan

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .