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

The delighted fans who queued for the Tube home singing Karma Police will be hoping everything is in its right place for a fully-fledged comeback.

From BBC

However, freight traffic is being queued on the edge of the town, the Port authorities said.

From BBC

"There were hundreds of people and nobody knew what was going on. We queued for two hours."

From BBC

Health officials were encouraged by the scenes outside vaccination centres on Saturday when people queued in the rain to ensure they were jabbed.

From BBC

Visitors queued for gobs of mineral mud to daub on faces and arms.

From Washington Post