line up.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

line up (三人称単数 現在形 lines up, 現在分詞 lining up, 過去形および過去分詞形 lined up)

1. (engineering) To put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running.^[1]
2. (transitive) To put things in a line.
4. (intransitive) To get into a line.
   • 1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 263:

     For the steam services, passengers with reserved seats are assembled behind the appropriate notice boards in the centre cab road, which is barred to motor traffic on summer Saturdays. Unreserved passengers line up behind other boards, which merely display destinations and not departure times.

5. (intransitive, sports) To start a game in a certain position on the playing field.
   • 2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The Nigerian forward lined up on the left of a front three with Keane in the middle and Frederic Piquionne on the right, and it was from Keane's lay-off that the former Portsmouth striker curled a shot straight at Ben Foster on 20 minutes.

6. To make arrangements for an event.

   A number of famous actors and musicians have been lined up for the celebrations.

   • 1992 October, Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, in Sport, volume 83, number 10, →ISSN, page 63:

     OK, with this guy being so great, the best offensive lineman in football, we lined up an interview. We showed up at Redskin Park in suburban Washington, D.C., near Dulles Airport, on a beautiful morning for a chat with this Jim Lachey.

7. To support a group or movement.
   • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian‎^[2]:

     The final vote between Hollande and Sarkozy now depends on a delicate balance of how France's total of rightwing and leftwing voters line up.

8. To agree or correspond.
   • 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[3]:

     Fury Road is a long way away from being a political tract, but it is a story about heroic women overcoming the influence of a predatory, proprietary, evil man, and I do think that matters. In any case, I’ve been doing my best to enjoy politically repellant action movies for my entire life, and I can’t even tell you how great it is that my favorite action movie of all time happens to have ideas about life that line up with my own. That’s one of Fury Road’s many miracles.

名詞

line up (複数形 line ups)

1. A haircut where the front region of a person's hair is shaved to form a crisp line between their hair and the shaved region, sometimes coordinated to create a smooth transition between their hair and beard.

参照

アナグラム

• Lupien, lupine, pinule, unpile, up line, up-line, upline

名詞

line-up (複数形 line-ups)

1. Alternative spelling of lineup.
   • 2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 Tottenham”, BBC Sport:

     The result in Greece meant Tottenham could not progress, no matter how many goals they scored against Rovers but, after making nine changes to his starting line-up, Harry Redknapp will be pleased with the performance of his fringe players.

アナグラム

• lupine
• pinule
• up line, up-line, upline

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪn.ʌp/

名詞

lineup (複数形 lineups)

1. (US, law and law enforcement) a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them
   • 2007, Jack R. Greene, The Encyclopedia of Police Science, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 493:

     This innocent suspect is placed in a lineup with five fillers who look similar to that innocent suspect. Given this scenario, one may ask How many people are in the lineup because they fit the description of the perpetrator?

2. (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.
3. (sports) Collectively, the members of a team.
   • 2006, John Roth; Ned Hinshaw, The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 369:

     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 […]

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

4. (baseball) The batting order.
5. (music) The members of a music group at any one time.
6. (music) The acts performing at a concert or music festival.
   • 2010, Ray D. Waddell; Rich Barnet; Jake Berry, This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring: A Practical Guide to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts, Billboard Books, →ISBN, page 121:

     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.

同意語

• (line of people または vehicles): (米国用法) line, (英国用法) queue
• (row of people for identifying a suspect): (英国用法) identity parade

Further reading

• “lineup”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “lineup”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “lineup”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lineup” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

アナグラム

• Lupien, lupine, pinule, unpile, up line, up-line, upline