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queue up

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˌkjuː ˈʌp/

queue up means: To join or form a line of people waiting for their turn.

verb

WAIT IN LINEB1

To join or form a line of people waiting for their turn.

  • Please queue up by the door.
  • We queued up for an hour to buy tickets.
  • Why are people queuing up outside that shop?

How to use it: queue up for something (Fans queued up for concert tickets.); queue up to do something (People queued up to enter the museum.)

Similar words: queue, line up

Common phrases: queue up outside, queue up for tickets, queue up at checkout

ADD TO QUEUEB2

To arrange things so they wait to be played, used, or dealt with in order.

  • Queue up your favourite songs.
  • I queued up three videos to watch later.
  • The computer has queued the files up for printing.

How to use it: queue something up (She queued several songs up for the party.); queue up something for something (The system queues up documents for printing.)

Similar words: enqueue

Common phrases: queue up songs, queue up a video, queue up print jobs

Questions about queue up

What does queue up mean?

To join or form a line of people waiting for their turn.

What is queue up in other languages?

Türkçe: sıraya girmek · Español: hacer cola · Français: faire la queue · Deutsch: sich anstellen · Italiano: mettersi in fila · 日本語: 列に並ぶ

How do you pronounce queue up?

It is pronounced /ˌkjuː ˈʌp/.

How do you use queue up in a sentence?

Please queue up by the door. We queued up for an hour to buy tickets.

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