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line-up

UK/ˈlaɪn.ʌp/US/ˈlaɪn.ʌp/
nounC1mostly written

Other forms: line-ups

A line-up is the particular players or performers picked to appear on the day. Announce the line-up.

It is published in advance for a festival and at the last moment for a match. A line-up also means a row of people shown to a witness, which is a very different use.

Definitions of line-up

  1. 1nounline-upThe particular players or performers picked to appear on the day.C1

    “The line-up changed twice in the week before the festival.”

line-up is a group.

Where it comes from

a deverbal from line up.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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