lineup

UK/ˈlaɪn.ʌp/US/ˈlaɪn.ʌp/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: lineups

A lineup is the set of people or acts chosen for a team, a show or a police parade. Who is in, and in what order.

Sport uses it for the selected side, music festivals for the bill of performers, and policing for the row of people a witness is asked to look at, which British English calls an identity parade. Announcing a lineup is a real event in each case. British English usually hyphenates it as line-up. The verb line up means to form a queue or to arrange something.

Definitions of lineup

1nounlineupThe set of people selected for a team, event or identification.C1
“The festival lineup was announced in February.”

Also accepted in games: line-up

Where it comes from

Deverbal from line up.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 22 of A Man Called Ove.

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lineup in the wild

The band underwent multiple lineup changes before the original four members reunited in 2006.
Asia (band)
In 2013, the original lineup was broken once again when Howe retired from the band and was replaced by guitarist Sam Coulson.
Asia (band)
The original lineup of Burdon, Price, Chandler, Valentine, and Steel reunited for a one-off benefit concert in Newcastle in 1968.
The Animals
The original lineup was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
The Animals
The Misfits' lineup of Only, Cadena, and drummer Eric "Chupacabra" Arce released a new album, The Devil's Rain, in October 2011.
Misfits (band)

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