LINEUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lineup mean? 

• LINEUP (noun)
  The noun LINEUP has 3 senses:

1. (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

2. a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification

3. the schedule of programs for a particular period

  Familiarity information: LINEUP used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINEUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

batting order; card; lineup

Context example:

the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate

Hypernyms ("lineup" is a kind of...):

roll; roster (a list of names)

Meronyms (parts of "lineup"):

cleanup; cleanup position; cleanup spot ((baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team))

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

identity parade; lineup; police lineup

Hypernyms ("lineup" is a kind of...):

line (a formation of people or things one beside another)

Derivation:

line up (form a queue, form a line, stand in line)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The schedule of programs for a particular period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the network's fall lineup

Hypernyms ("lineup" is a kind of...):

network programming (the schedule of programs to be broadcast on a network)

 Context examples 

You will have luck all year, but the planetary lineup in December and January is simply extraordinary.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Venus and Mars are considered the cosmic lovers of the planetary lineup, and when they tour signs compatible to each other (and to your Sun sign, dear Leo), love reaches new heights.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The lineup of planets in Capricorn, your tenth house of fame and honors at the pinnacle point of your chart, is extraordinary.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Venus adds a soothing touch, and although she is no match to the heavy hand of Pluto and Saturn—they are the big guns of the planetary lineup—Venus can deliver a touch of softness.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)