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TO LINE UP

Definition: TO LINE UP

TO LINE UP

1. (Mach.), to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running. See 3d Line , 19.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO LINE UP

Specialty definitions using "TO LINE UP": gate-end box, gig-lineNAPHTHA-WASHING-SYSTEM OPERATORTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon. (references)

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Photo Album: TO LINE UP

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Fighter plane fitted to fly--The tail of the plane is hoisted up as mechanics prepare to line up the sights of its guns. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO LINE UP

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The supplier may also want to line up financing options, in the event the buyer expects credit facilities from the seller. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: TO LINE UP

Expression using "TO LINE UP": to line up figures on the comma. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO LINE UP

Language Translations for "TO LINE UP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

'隊 , (file, row, series, to arrange). (various references)

   

Danish

  

danne koe (to queue up). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

in de file staan (to queue up), file staan (to queue up). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

desimaalipilkkutasaus (to line up figures on the comma), asettaa numerot desimaalipilkun mukaan (to line up figures on the comma). (various references)

   

French

  

prendre la file (to queue up), faire la queue (to queue up). (various references)

   

German

  

Schlange stehen (queue, stand in line, to stand in a queue, to stand in line). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάνω ουρά (to queue up). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sorba rak (to rank), sorba áll (line up, queue up, to fall into line, to fall into rank, to form line, to stand in a line), felsorakoztat (align, line up, rank, row, to align, to draw up, to front, to line, to rank, to row, to row up). (various references)

   

Italian

  

allineare le cifre alla virgola (to line up figures on the comma), allineare in modalit decimale (to line up figures on the comma). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

並ぶ (to stand in a line). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たい'くむ (to form a party), ならべる (to set up), ならぶ (to stand in a line). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay inelay upay

   

Spanish

  

alinear cifras con la coma (to line up figures on the comma). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

decimaljustering (figures alignment, to line up figures on the comma). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO LINE UP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: unpolite.

Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-o-p-t-u"

-1 letter: elution, opulent, outline, potline, topline.

-2 letters: entoil, lepton, lineup, loupen, lupine, lutein, outlie, penult, pinole, pintle, piolet, plutei, pluton, pointe, polite, pontil, tupelo, unpile.

-3 letters: elint, eloin, inept, inlet, input, lento, letup, louie, loupe, lunet, lupin, netop, olein, opine, pelon, pilot, pinot, pinto, piton, poilu, point, poult, punto, puton, teloi, toile, tulip, unite.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-o-p-t-u"
 

+1 letter: bluepoint.

 

+2 letters: bluepoints, neutrophil, outleaping, outyelping, peculation, pleustonic, suppletion.

 

+3 letters: cupellation, equipollent, exculpation, importunely, intercouple, luteotropin, neuroleptic, neutrophils, outsleeping, outspelling, peculations, pluripotent, speculation, suppletions, unexploited.

 

+4 letters: conduplicate, cupellations, depopulating, depopulation, equipollents, exculpations, incomputable, inoperculate, luteotrophin, luteotropins, multipronged, neuroleptics, neutrophilic, polyneuritis, postulancies, repopulating, repopulation, reputational, speculations, unapologetic, unprofitable, upholstering.

 

+5 letters: conceptualise, conceptualism, conceptualist, conceptuality, conceptualize, consumptively, depopulations, encapsulation, entomophilous, equipollently, equipotential, expostulating, expostulation, importunately, incorruptible, inoperculates, inopportunely, insupportable, luteotrophins, nucleoprotein, outmanipulate, perambulation, perfunctorily, permutational, plastoquinone, plenitudinous, pneumatolytic, polybutadiene, prerevolution, pretentiously, proventriculi, pulverization, reduplication, repopulations, republication, supernational, uncomplicated, unexceptional, unproblematic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO LINE UP


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      4C 49 4E 45      55 50

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01010101 01010000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#32 &#85 &#80

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      004C 0049 004E 0045      0055 0050

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544924643483925550

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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