Word Study
line-up
CIDE DICTIONARY
line-up, n.
- The members of a team who are scheduled to play a game. [PJC]
- The formation of football players before the start or a restart of play. [PJC]
- a list of batters in the order in which they will bat. [WordNet 1.5]
- 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. [PJC]
- 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 . [PJC]
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