LINE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does line up mean? 

• LINE UP (verb)
  The verb LINE UP has 6 senses:

1. form a line

2. get something or somebody for a specific purpose

3. form a queue, form a line, stand in line

4. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

5. arrange in ranks

6. take one's position before a kick-off

  Familiarity information: LINE UP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINE UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form a line

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The buildings all line up neatly

Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get something or somebody for a specific purpose

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

come up; find; get hold; line up

Context example:

The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter

Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form a queue, form a line, stand in line

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

line up; queue; queue up

Context example:

Customers lined up in front of the store

Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):

stand; stand up (be standing; be upright)

"Line up" entails doing...:

wait (stay in one place and anticipate or expect something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

lineup (a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

adjust; align; aline; line up

Context example:

align the sheets of paper on the table

Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):

reorient (set or arrange in a new or different determinate position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "line up"):

address (adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting)

synchronise; synchronize (cause to indicate the same time or rate)

realign; realine (align anew or better)

true; true up (make level, square, balanced, or concentric)

collimate (adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument))

concenter; concentre; focalise; focalize; focus (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Arrange in ranks

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

dress; line up

Context example:

dress troops

Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):

position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 6

Meaning:

Take one's position before a kick-off

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):

play (participate in games or sport)

Domain category:

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

It is the aggregated products of microtubules during mitosis where chromosomes line up prior to the segregation process.

(Microtubule Bundle, NCI Thesaurus)

Strabismus - a disorder in which the two eyes don't line up in the same direction. This results in "crossed eyes" or "walleye."

(Eye Movement Disorders, NIH)

A crown of twinkling stars will line up in Capricorn—a divinely harmonious earth sign that is beautifully oriented to your Taurus Sun—making any travel this month special and memorable.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Second, the unnatural base pair would need to be formed during DNA replication like a natural one and line up stably alongside natural pairs in DNA.

(Expanding the Genetic Alphabet, NIH)

The second phase of mitosis, in which the chromosomes line up across the equatorial plane of the spindle prior to separation.

(Metaphase Process, NCI Thesaurus)