Dictionary

line up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlaɪn.ʌp/ (Canada, UK, US)
• /ˈlaɪn.ɐp/ (New-Zealand)
• (Canada) audio
• /ˈlɑen.ɐp/ (Australia)
• [ˈlɑe̯n.ɐp] (New-Zealand)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, idiomatic, nonstandard) Nonstandard spelling of lineup.
   alt of lineup
2. (idiomatic) A haircut where the front region of a person's hair is shaved to form a crisp line between their hair and the shaved region, sometimes coordinated to create a smooth transition between their hair and beard.

Forms

line up en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /laɪnˈɐp/ (New-Zealand)
• [lɑe̯nˈɐp] (New-Zealand)
• /laɪnˈʌp/ (Canada, UK, US)
• /lɑenˈɐp/ (Australia)

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To align; to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To put things in a line.
3. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To put things in a line. ▸ To shape cocaine powder into one or more lines.
4. (idiomatic, intransitive) To get into a line; especially, so as to wait one's turn.
   • For the steam services, passengers with reserved seats are assembled behind the appropriate notice boards in the centre cab road, which is barred to motor traffic on summer Saturdays. Unreserved passengers line up behind other boards, which merely display destinations and not departure times. 1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 263:
5. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start a game in a certain position on the playing field.
   • The Nigerian forward lined up on the left of a front three with Keane in the middle and Frederic Piquionne on the right, and it was from Keane's lay-off that the former Portsmouth striker curled a shot straight at Ben Foster on 20 minutes. 2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:
6. (idiomatic) To make arrangements for an event.
   • OK, with this guy being so great, the best offensive lineman in football, we lined up an interview. We showed up at Redskin Park in suburban Washington, D.C., near Dulles Airport, on a beautiful morning for a chat with this Jim Lachey. 1992 October, Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, in Sport, volume 83, number 10, →ISSN, page 63:
   • A number of famous actors and musicians have been lined up for the celebrations.
7. (idiomatic) To support a group or movement.
   • The final vote between Hollande and Sarkozy now depends on a delicate balance of how France's total of rightwing and leftwing voters line up. 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:
8. (idiomatic, intransitive) To agree or correspond.
   • He claimed Shaylene’s remains were hidden in a rural wooded area near Union City, along the border dividing Ohio and Indiana. This lined up nicely with the investigators’ running theory, so they deployed cadaver dog units and forensic teams to excavate the Union City border site. 2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026:
   • Fury Road is a long way away from being a political tract, but it is a story about heroic women overcoming the influence of a predatory, proprietary, evil man, and I do think that matters. In any case, I’ve been doing my best to enjoy politically repellant action movies for my entire life, and I can’t even tell you how great it is that my favorite action movie of all time happens to have ideas about life that line up with my own. That’s one of Fury Road’s many miracles. 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club:
9. (idiomatic) To have switches set so the train is capable of moving along its correct route.

Forms

Deriveds

line-up · lineup

Hypernyms

wait one's turn

Synonyms

queue up

Translations (64)

es alinear (put things in a line) · hu sorba állít (put things in a line) · tr sıralamak (put things in a line) · ca alinear (put in alignment) · es ahilar (get into a line) · pl ustawić się w kolejce (get into a line) · ca alinear (sports: to start a game in a certain position) · tr sıraya geçmek (get into a line) · hu felsorakozik (get into a line) · ca posar (al camp, sobre el terreny) (sports: to start a game in a certain position) · it mettere in fila (put things in a line) · mi whakarārangi (put things in a line) · ru выстра́ивать (get into a line) · az düzmək (put things in a line) · pt alinhar-se (get into a line) · ca alinear (put things in a line) · es incorporarse (get into a line) · io lineigar (put things in a line) · pl ustawiać się w kolejce (get into a line) · yue 排隊 /排队 (get into a line) · ca alinear-se (get into a line) · it allineare (put in alignment) · fi ryhmittyä (sports: to start a game in a certain position) · az düzmək (get into a line) · pl ustawiać się w rzędzie (sports: to start a game in a certain position) · fi asettua jonoon (get into a line) · es hacer fila (get into a line) · ru выстра́иваться (get into a line) · pl ustawiać w kolejce (put in alignment) · tr sıraya girmek (get into a line) · hak 排列 (get into a line) · de sich aufstellen (sports: to start a game in a certain position) · pl ustawić się w rzędzie (sports: to start a game in a certain position) · bg строявам се (get into a line) · es hacer cola (get into a line) · fr faire la queue (get into a line) · sv köa (get into a line) · tr sıraya sokmak (put things in a line) · mk се постро́јува (get into a line) · pl ustawić w szeregu (put things in a line) · ota دیزمك (put things in a line) · sw mstari (get into a line) · io lineeskar (get into a line) · az düzülmək (get into a line) · es alinear (put in alignment) · fi mennä jonoon (get into a line) · ru вы́строить (get into a line) · tr dizmek (put things in a line) · ja 並ぶ (get into a line) · hu sorban áll (get into a line) · mi tūtira (get into a line) · pl ustawić w kolejce (put in alignment) · it mettersi in fila (get into a line) · es enfilar (put things in a line) · nl zich opstellen (get into a line) · fi rihdata (put in alignment) · hu sorakozik (get into a line) · fi asettaa jonoon (put things in a line) · nan-hbl 排隊 /排队 (get into a line) · ru вы́строиться (get into a line) · cmn 排隊 /排队 (get into a line) · nan-hbl 排列 (get into a line) · tr sıraya sokmak (put in alignment) · pl ustawiać w szeregu (put things in a line)