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enfileirar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • queue noun A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn, served in the order they arrived.
  • rank noun A person's position or level in a hierarchy, such as in the military or an organisation.
  • string noun A thin cord or length of twisted thread, or a similar thin, flexible strand.

Senses

enfileirar is used for these senses in English:

  • enqueue (transitive, computing) To add an item to a queue. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • line (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
  • queue (intransitive) To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
  • string (transitive) To put (items) on a string.

line — full definition

  1. noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  2. noun A row or sequence of people, things, or words, one after another.
  3. verb To arrange people or things in a row, or to form such a row.
  4. verb To cover the inside surface of something with a layer of material.
  5. noun A telephone or other communication connection.

queue — full definition

  1. noun A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn, served in the order they arrived.
  2. noun In computing, a data structure that holds items to be processed in order, usually first-in-first-out.
  3. verb To line up and wait for a turn.
  4. verb To add an item to a waiting list or processing order.

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