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     Line-up, Lineup  (līnˈŭp), n.
    1. The members of a team who are scheduled to play a game.

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

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    3. Specifically: (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat. [wns=1]

    Syn. -- batting order, card, lineup.

    [WordNet 1.5]


    4. 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.]

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    5. 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. [wns=2]

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