🇬🇧 Queue meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A queue is a line of people, animals, or things all waiting their turn, one after another, so that the person at the front goes first and everyone else patiently waits behind.

There was a queue of kids for the swings, and one kid brought snacks because he knew he’d be waiting until college.

A queue of robots waited to recharge, and the last one kept saying, “Low… battery… please hurry…”

The queue for the roller coaster was so twisty it looked like a giant spaghetti noodle of humans.

At Halloween, there was a queue of vampires outside the dentist, all asking for “extra-sharp” teeth.

The turtles patiently stood in a queue for the slide into the pond; by the time the last one went, it was bedtime.

A long queue of people stood at the shop door. A small boy saw a dog join the queue. The queue moved slowly. The queue got longer with a baby and a man with a cake. The boy held his toy and waited in the queue. When the door opened, the whole queue clapped and smiled.

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This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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