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noun

Lineup, Line-up n.

The members of a team who are scheduled to play a game.

Specifically: The formation of football players before the start or a restart of play.

Specifically: (baseball) A list of batters in the order in which they will bat.

Synonyms: batting order, card, lineup.

Hence: Any arrangement of persons (rarely, of things), esp. when having a common purpose or sentiment; as, the line-up at a ticket-office window; the line-up of political factions. (Colloq.)

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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lineup" Quotes from Famous Books

... major factors in the new international line-up. The first is Russia; the second is the Japanese Empire; the third is the British Empire and the fourth is the American Empire. Italy has neither the resources, the wealth nor the population necessary to make her a factor of large importance in the near future. France ...

— The American Empire • Scott Nearing

... friendship when she joined the Japanese-Nazi line-up. First, she offered scholarships, with all expenses paid, for Nicaraguan students to study fascism in Italy. Then, on December 14, 1937, about one month after a secret Nazi agent arrived in Central America with orders to step on the propaganda and organizational activity, the Italian S.S. "Leme" ...

— Secret Armies - The New Technique of Nazi Warfare • John L. Spivak

Words linked to "Lineup" : baseball game, line up, cleanup position, roll, line, card