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timeline

or time line

[ tahym-lahyn ]

noun

  1. a linear representation of important events in the order in which they occurred.
  2. a schedule; timetable.
  3. Digital Technology.
    1. a collection of online posts or updates associated with a specific social media account, in reverse chronological order.
  4. an alternate reality in which events unfold differently, often beginning at a single identifiable moment of divergence that establishes a distinct but recognizable parallel existence: We’re stuck in the darkest timeline, trapped in a dystopian nightmare. parallel universe ( def 3 ).

    My free-love hippie mom just got engaged to a hedge fund manager—what timeline am I living in?

    We’re stuck in the darkest timeline, trapped in a dystopian nightmare.



timeline

/ ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn /

noun

  1. a graphic representation showing the passage of time as a line
  2. a time frame during which something is scheduled to happen


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Word History and Origins

Origin of timeline1

First recorded in 1950–55; time ( def ) + line 1( def )

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Example Sentences

Just a month from that date, he now no longer believes that to be realistic, and will no longer estimate a timeline for the trial.

Timeline: Is the story still spreading at the time of the inquiry?

So, he has access to his entire timeline, and it was up to the visualizers to visualize it in some way that it might be.

With the complete camera record, he mapped out an indisputable timeline.

That timeline can serve as the backbone for the story our data tells.

The gas didn't work on me, you see, because it was adjusted to the physiology of that timeline.

I've made up the gas for him and adjusted the formula so that it will work on people of our timeline.

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