- the people who are going to take part in a particular event
- an impressive line-up of speakers
- Jones has not been included in the quarter-final line-up.
- the starting line-up (= the players who will begin the game)
- The team returns this season with a new car and a new line-up of drivers.
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- a set of items, events etc. arranged to follow one another synonym programme
- A horror movie completes this evening's TV line-up.
- (especially North American English) (British English also identification parade, informal identity parade)a row of people, including one person who is suspected of a crime, who are shown to a witness to see if they can recognize the suspect
- He was identified in an April 21 police line-up.
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