Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In athletic games such as base-ball and foot-bail, the order in which the players take their positions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The members of a team who are scheduled to play a game.
- noun The formation of football players before the start or a restart of play.
- noun (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat.
- noun colloq. any arrangement of persons (rarely, of things), esp. when having a common purpose or sentiment.
- noun A group of persons including a suspect in a police investigation, arranged so as to be observed by a witness, who is requested to identify the perpetrator, if he/she is present in the group. Such an identification may be used as evidence of guilt of the suspect. Also called a
police lineup .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
lineup .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- verb take one's position before a kick-off
- verb form a queue, form a line, stand in line
- verb form a line
- verb place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- verb arrange in ranks
- noun a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification
- noun (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
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Examples
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Subscribers enjoy the largest high definition line-up with more than 200 national HD channels, the most international channels, and award-winning HD and DVR technology.
unknown title 2012
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Subscribers enjoy the largest high definition line-up with more than 200 national HD channels, the most international channels, and award-winning HD and DVR technology.
unknown title 2011
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Subscribers enjoy the largest high definition line-up with more than 200 national HD channels, the most international channels, and award-winning HD and DVR technology.
unknown title 2012
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If Will Gregory of Goldfrapp and Adrian Utley and some even less high profile musicians are stars, then, of course, Charles Hazlewood is entitled to call his line-up "All Stars".
Evening Standard - Home John Aizlewood 2011
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Walt Disney Co. said that factors ranging from a shortage of box-office hits to the earthquake in Japan cut into its quarterly profit, though the entertainment giant is hoping to benefit from a strong line-up of new films in the current quarter and more spending at its theme parks.
Disney's Profit Sapped by 'Mars' Ethan Smith 2011
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Turner Classic Movies is turning over its primetime line-up this evening to the work of director Phil Karlson.
VinceKeenan.com 2009
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On Monday, Fox unveiled the details of its fall line-up, which includes "The X Factor," the splashy talent show that Mr. Cowell will judge, as well as "Terra Nova," a big-budget science-fiction drama about a family that travels back in time, executive-produced by Steven Spielberg .
Fox Lineup Includes Simon Cowell, Dinosaurs, Mean Girls Lauren A. E. Schuker 2011
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The line-up features some seasoned veterans in the art of storytelling, including Vijai Nathan and Christopher Love.
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This wine really impressed with its restraint, elegance and finesse; a Syrah that wouldn't look out of place amid a line-up of some of the finest examples from the northern Rhône.
California Dreamin' Will Lyons 2011
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The new hour of news in the evening would represent a relatively inexpensive way for NBC's new leadership to fill the hours in the network's sagging prime-time line-up, relieving pressure on its new entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt to find scripted prime-time hits to pull the network out of its rut.
NBC Pins Hopes on a Prime-Time News Show Jessica E. Vascellaro 2011
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