line
n. countablen. a long, thin mark on a surface, like one you draw with a pen. It can also mean a row of people waiting for something, like at a store or a bus stop.
n. a long, narrow mark or band on a surface. It also refers to a series of people or things arranged in a particular order, especially one behind another.
There is a long line for the bus.
The teacher asked the students to form a single line before going outside for recess.
The novel's narrative follows the intersecting lines of three families whose fates are woven together by a single, tragic event.
From the Middle English surname, derived from the Anglo-Norman suffix -line found in names such as Adeline and Madeline.
In American English, people 'wait in line' for something. In British English, it is more common to 'queue' or 'wait in a queue'.
sit in the first line of the cinemasit in the first row of the cinemaFor seats in a theater or classroom, use 'row'. 'Line' is typically used for people standing one behind another in a queue.