antrean

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• antrian (nonstandard)

Etymology

From antre +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈtre.an/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: an‧tre‧an

Noun

antrean

1. queue
   1. a line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
   2. a waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
   3. (computing) a data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue), which the term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.

Further reading

• “antrean” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.