lineup

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English line updeverb. English lineup Deverbal from line up.

1. A physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them.

   “Just one more thing, Julian. Don't tell cons they get paid for line-ups.”

   “Before viewing the lineup, each witness should be required to give to the officer in charge of the lineup a written description of the perpetrator of the crime.”

2. A list of trains that are expected to cross over a specified section of track during a specified time period.

   “It is recognized that lineup will not contain information as to all train and yard movements within yard limits.”

   “Except under special or emergency conditions, track cars are not allowed on the main-line tracks until the man in charge has secured a lineup.”

3. A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue.

   “We have a simple business process that consists of two steps: people wait in a lineup then fill out an application form.”

   “I've heard that information before and try to remember to do that when there isn't a lineup of customers. When there is a lineup of customers, I don't feel that I have enough time.”

4. An ordered list.

   “Look at the lineup of sideways, up and down gaps, spinning top days, all bunched around the two-hundred-day MA.”

   “At the University of Alabama, Robert M. Metzger's group synthesized a molecule that had an internal energetic lineup of orbitals, which varied depending on the polarity of the voltage applied to it. The lineup of orbitals was analogous to the rungs on a ladder.”

5. Collectively, the members of a team.

   “The manager fielded his strongest lineup for the game against United.”

   “Elton Brand in 1998 missed 15 games because of an injury in the middle of the year but returned to the lineup late in the season, so he is listed as a starter here. The aim here is to list the lineup that was in use near the end of each season […]”

6. The batting order.

   “More than any other batter in the lineup, he can keep the inning going with a base hit, and over a season he'll have as many at-bats as teh lead-off man and thus hit hard and often for his team.”

   “For example, as before, the leadoff hitter for the visiting team in the top of the first inning fails to come to bat and the #2 batter in the lineup subsequently becomes the initial batter in the inning.”

7. The order in which race-cars are positioned at the start of a race, based on qualifying times.

   “A double-car lineup means the third-fastest car lines up behind the pole sitter and the fourth-fastest behind the car on the outside of the front row, and so on throughout the field.”

   “The lineup was then set fastest to slowest.”

8. The set of product options available from a particular manufacturer or under a particular brand name.

   “The mid-size Chevelle lineup featured revised frontal styling and one new model, a Concours Estate Wagon that sported wood-grain exterior trim and a black-accented grille.”

   “If you look at its whole product lineup—cars, motorcycles, marine engines, lawn mowers , power generators, and so forth —Honda makes about 30 million engines a year worldwide.”

9. The members of a music group at any one time.

   “After losing half the lineup, the band went on hiatus before reemerging in late 1991 with a new lineup of Goss, bassist Googe and the legendary Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith on drums.”

   “Honing the band's anthemic sound and stance, they relocated to Richmond and created a solid lineup.”

10. The acts performing at a concert or festival.

    “As the festival grew and the lineup featured more daring works, collections exemplified trends in national playwriting rather than the producing director's personal tastes.”

    “Festival talent buyers can take one of several approaches in putting together their lineup. […] [H]e was very concerned about putting together a talent lineup that resonates with music lovers.”

11. The list of programs scheduled to be broadcast by a television station, or a position in that list.

    “In the case of Quaker Oats, which brought to us a program called "Bewitched," for which we sold them the time at 9 o'clock Thursday, they selected a minimum lineup of $60,000, because that is the half-hour minimum lineup.”

    “Currently ABC's linkage with parent Disney has paid off on Saturday morning, with a 3-hour lineup of shows from Disney-owned studios. CBS has a Saturday-morning lineup of shows produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment and NBC's programming is produced by QUBO.”