timeline
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- noun
- /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/
- The documentary included a timeline that outlined key developments in the technology sector.
- create a timeline
- set a timeline
- construct a timeline
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so that's the timeline up through the election.
- And so that's the timeline up through the election.
- Wars have dominated the human timeline since recorded history.
- Exactly where is that on a timeline for the average person?
- So my life I see as a timeline of discovery of numbers.
- What I'm saying is we're living in the stupidest timeline in history.
- So who knows how far that timeline will go back.
- When does the grading and grade rule happen in the timeline of design and production?
- I'm saying this man, his editing timeline was massive.
- What are what's your view of timelines in bringing these ideas to life?
Examples
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The teacher used a timeline to show the major events of the American Civil War.
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There are clear holes in the known timeline of the development of television news.
Academic text (2017) -
Exactly where is that on a timeline for the average person?
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This is a timeline of all the employees.
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It's like a timeline right through our nation's history.
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Investigators will use the film to establish a timeline.
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The students will use the information on the timeline in a culminating writing assignment.
Academic text (1992) -
During this discussion, teachers can suggest building timelines to help students understand the concepts.
Academic text (1992) -
To help with my research project, I created a timeline of significant events in ancient Egypt.
Synonyms
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A number of similar things or events happening one after another
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An account of past events about a person or place
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A set of things or events that come one after another in a specific order
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The order of events as they happened or a record showing that order
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A list that shows events in the order they happened, often with dates
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A list of events in the order they happened
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How events follow each other in time
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A list of events in the order they happened
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The order of events in time
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Etymology
Timeline combines time ('when things happen') and line ('a straight mark'). It is a simple picture of events placed along a 'line' so you can see what happened first, next and last.