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lineup

lineup

79 3.3
A list of players in batting order for a game
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪnˌʌp/
  • US
translation icon : alineación
  • Top four batters in this lineup for Philadelphia today are all switch hitters.
  • starting lineup
  • players in the lineup
  • hitters in the lineup

Examples

  • A healthy McKnight is the one lineup change that could help this remarkably inept offense.

    Blog text (4)

  • And now, introducing the starting lineup for your Charlotte Banshees.

    Juwanna Mann (2002)

  • Listen, um, I wanna talk to you about the starting lineup of next week's game.

    Bad Moms (2016)

  • Do you think Michael will be in the starting lineup tonight?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Clearly they bring a tall starting lineup to the table, with only one man under 6'6.

    Blog text (3)

  • The Wizards changed their starting lineup for the first time this season.

    Blog text (4)

  • The AIA players were allowed to choose their own starting lineup for every game.

    Blog text (1)

  • Now let's introduce tonight's starting lineup for the Kings.

    Tooth Fairy (2010)

  • Here are the starting lineups for tonight's game.

    The Rookie (2002)

  • The manager announced the starting lineup for the game against their biggest rivals.

Synonyms

roster
vslineup
162 2.4

A list of names of people available for a job or team

lists only the ordered players who will bat in a game
batting order
vslineup
  • US
4 2.9

A list of team players showing when each will bat during a game

is the baseball term for the same ordered list of batters

Compounds

police lineup
  • US
4 3.4

A group of people shown to a witness so they can pick who did the crime

Surface Forms

lineup singular
lineups plural

Morphology

lineup = line + up (transparent) = line + up

The baseball sense is a domain-specific application of an ordered arrangement ('line up'), so the relation to the base words is clear.

Etymology

Lineup in baseball is the same idea: line ('a row') plus up ('in order') — players are 'lined up' in the order they will bat. So a baseball lineup is the list showing who bats when.