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line⋅up

  [lahyn-uhp]
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–noun
1. a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
2. the persons or things themselves.
3. (in police investigations) a group of persons, including suspects in a crime, lined up to allow inspection and possible identification by the victim or victims of that crime.
4. Sports. the list of the participating players in a game together with their positions: to announce the starting lineup of a game.
5. an organization of people, companies, etc., for some common purpose: a lineup of support for the new tax bill.
6. an overall schedule of programs, events, activities, etc.: the fall lineup of TV programs.
7. a list of products or services offered by a manufacturer or organization: Does the company's lineup of new cars this year include a convertible?
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase line up
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line·up   (līn'ŭp')   
n.  

  1. A line of people that is formed for inspection or identification.

  2. Sports

    1. The members of a team chosen to start a game.

    2. A list of such players.

  3. A group of people, organizations, or things enlisted or arrayed for a purpose: a candidate with an impressive lineup of endorsements.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
lineup

  1. n.
    a row of suspects arranged at a police station so that a witness can identify one of them. (Underworld.) : When they round up all the likely suspects and put them in the lineup, they always stick in a desk sergeant to spy on the rest.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: line·up
Function: noun
: a line of persons assembled by police esp. for possible identification of a suspect by a witness to a crime —compare SHOWUP
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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