What is waiting in queue?

Queue areas are places in which people queue (first-come, first-served) for goods or services. Such a group of people is known as a queue (British usage) or line (American usage), and the people are said to be waiting or standing in a queue or in line, respectively.

Have been waiting is the example of which type of phrase?

“I have been waiting” is in what’s called the present perfect continuous tense, which is used to describe an event that began at some point in the past and has continued up until the present.

How do you use waiting?

He was waiting for her when she got home last night, standing outside her apartment door. He had to be waiting for the blonde to come by again. Cat sat at the top of the stairs, as if waiting for her. Jessi strode to her waiting car and threw herself into the driver’s seat.

What’s another word for waiting in line?

What is another word for waiting in line?

Is waiting for a verb?

‘Wait’ is a regular verb. “They wait for their son to pick them up every Sunday.” Its past form is ‘waited’. Its ‘-ing’ form is ‘waiting’.

What is the preposition after wait?

We usually use the preposition “for” after “wait”. Yes, “for” is often used after “wait,” but there are many other uses of “wait.” She waited while he gathered his thoughts. The dog waited patiently, until it spied a squirrel.

What does it mean when something is in queue?

: to line up or wait in a queue —often used with up.

Is it on the queue or in the queue?

It is perfectly correct English. I do it every morning on the way to work. The phrase is often used for circumstances such a a queue of traffic. You are sitting in your car in a queue.