lineups

Noun

lineup (plural lineups)

1. (US) A physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them.
   • Near-synonym: rogues' gallery

   Synonyms:

   rogues' gallery

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.1958, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Preservation of Competitive Through Rail Routes, page 63
3. (Canada) 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.2005, Alastair Muir, Lean Six Sigma Statistics, page 285

   Synonyms:

   line, queue

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.2006, Toni Turner, Short-Term Trading in the New Stock Market, page 261
5. Collectively, the members of a team.
   • The manager fielded his strongest lineup for the game against United.
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.1993, Jerry Kindall, Baseball: Play the Winning Way, page 248

See all 11 meanings of lineup