timeline
- noun
- /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/
- The documentary included a timeline that outlined key developments in the technology sector.
- create a timeline
- set a timeline
- construct a timeline
And 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
A number of similar things or events happening one after another
An account of past events about a person or place
A set of things or events that come one after another in a specific order
The order of events as they happened or a record showing that order
A list that shows events in the order they happened, often with dates
A list of events in the order they happened
A list of events in the order they happened
How events follow each other in time
The order of events in time
Compounds
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.