Timeline
noun
A visual representation of a series of events, listed in the order they happened.
There was a timeline of the company's growth in the annual report.
Often appears as...
- historical timeline
- project timeline
noun
A plan of when specific tasks need to be completed to reach a goal.
We need to create a timeline for this project to ensure we meet the deadline.
Often appears as...
- project timeline
- proposed timeline
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Technical
noun
In web or social media, a list of events or posts arranged in reverse chronological order.
Her Facebook timeline shows all her posts and photos from the last 10 years.
Often appears as...
- facebook timeline
- twitter timeline
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Colloquial
noun
A visual representation of a series of events, listed in the order they happened.
There was a timeline of the company's growth in the annual report.
Often appears as...
- historical timeline
- project timeline
noun
A plan of when specific tasks need to be completed to reach a goal.
We need to create a timeline for this project to ensure we meet the deadline.
Often appears as...
- project timeline
- proposed timeline
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In web or social media, a list of events or posts arranged in reverse chronological order.
Her Facebook timeline shows all her posts and photos from the last 10 years.
Often appears as...
- facebook timeline
- twitter timeline
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Aid
Timelines are often used as a visual tool to simplify complex histories or processes.
The museum's timeline helped guests understand the history of the civilization.
Pro Tip 2/3Sequential Order
Events on a timeline are displayed in the order they occurred, from first to last.
Check the timeline to see what invention came first.
Pro Tip 3/3Milestones Highlighted
Significant events or 'milestones' are often emphasized on timelines.
The timeline marked the company's milestones with red dots.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Aid
Timelines are often used as a visual tool to simplify complex histories or processes.
The museum's timeline helped guests understand the history of the civilization.
Pro Tip 2/3Sequential Order
Events on a timeline are displayed in the order they occurred, from first to last.
Check the timeline to see what invention came first.
Pro Tip 3/3Milestones Highlighted
Significant events or 'milestones' are often emphasized on timelines.
The timeline marked the company's milestones with red dots.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Aid
Timelines are often used as a visual tool to simplify complex histories or processes.
The museum's timeline helped guests understand the history of the civilization.
Pro Tip 2/3Sequential Order
Events on a timeline are displayed in the order they occurred, from first to last.
Check the timeline to see what invention came first.
Pro Tip 3/3Milestones Highlighted
Significant events or 'milestones' are often emphasized on timelines.
The timeline marked the company's milestones with red dots.
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SpaceX's plan to fly you...
Thanks for that. There's no question that Elon is very aggressive on his timelines, but frankly, that drives us to do things better and faster. I think all the time and all the money in the world does not yield the best solution, and so putting that pressure on the team to move quickly is really important.
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The beauty of data...
landscape now we need to imagine what a landscape of the world's fears might look like let's take a look this is mountains out of mole hills a timeline of global media panic so our label is for you in a second but the height here when they point out is the intensity of certain fears in as
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How to build a fictional...
I start with a basic place and time. Whether that's a fantasy world or a futuristic setting in the real world, it's important to know where you are and whether you're working in the past, present, or future. I like to create a timeline showing how the world came to be.
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The genes you don't get...
This variety exists because mitochondria are still evolving, both in tandem with the organisms that contain them, and separately, on their own timeline. To understand how that’s possible, it helps to take a closer look at what the mitochondria inside us are doing,
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Elon Musk: A future...
that we want to set the most aggressive timeline that we can. Because there’s sort of like a law of gaseous expansion where, for schedules, where whatever time you set, it's not going to be less than that. It's very rare that it'll be less than that.
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A Black man goes...
especially navigating the post-traumatic world of a police brutality survivor in the height of Black Lives Matter, with all of these people being killed on my timeline. To these trolls, I wasn't a human. I was an idea, an object, a caricature.
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Controlling time through...
happened to my father would happen to me I believed that I would die when I turned 33 the timeline for my life was suddenly condensed and the way I saw the world would never be the same time has manipulated me into looking alive
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The history of our world...
But to do it, you have do something that may, at first sight, seem completely impossible. You have to survey the whole history of the universe. So let's do it. Let's begin by winding the timeline back
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Should Primates be Kept...
a new primate keeper licence will need to be obtained in the future. Meeting zoo level standards. There's no timeline for when this will be enforced, but we can only hope that it's soon.
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The Science Behind...
leads to its own distinct timeline but the only timeline that you're aware of is the one that you inhabit you open the doorway between universes
Video examples
SpaceX's plan to fly you...
Thanks for that. There's no question that Elon is very aggressive on his timelines, but frankly, that drives us to do things better and faster. I think all the time and all the money in the world does not yield the best solution, and so putting that pressure on the team to move quickly is really important.
Video examples
The beauty of data...
landscape now we need to imagine what a landscape of the world's fears might look like let's take a look this is mountains out of mole hills a timeline of global media panic so our label is for you in a second but the height here when they point out is the intensity of certain fears in as
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
I start with a basic place and time. Whether that's a fantasy world or a futuristic setting in the real world, it's important to know where you are and whether you're working in the past, present, or future. I like to create a timeline showing how the world came to be.
Video examples
The genes you don't get...
This variety exists because mitochondria are still evolving, both in tandem with the organisms that contain them, and separately, on their own timeline. To understand how that’s possible, it helps to take a closer look at what the mitochondria inside us are doing,
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
that we want to set the most aggressive timeline that we can. Because there’s sort of like a law of gaseous expansion where, for schedules, where whatever time you set, it's not going to be less than that. It's very rare that it'll be less than that.
Video examples
A Black man goes...
especially navigating the post-traumatic world of a police brutality survivor in the height of Black Lives Matter, with all of these people being killed on my timeline. To these trolls, I wasn't a human. I was an idea, an object, a caricature.
Video examples
Controlling time through...
happened to my father would happen to me I believed that I would die when I turned 33 the timeline for my life was suddenly condensed and the way I saw the world would never be the same time has manipulated me into looking alive
Video examples
The history of our world...
But to do it, you have do something that may, at first sight, seem completely impossible. You have to survey the whole history of the universe. So let's do it. Let's begin by winding the timeline back
Video examples
Should Primates be Kept...
a new primate keeper licence will need to be obtained in the future. Meeting zoo level standards. There's no timeline for when this will be enforced, but we can only hope that it's soon.
Video examples
The Science Behind...
leads to its own distinct timeline but the only timeline that you're aware of is the one that you inhabit you open the doorway between universes
Example 1 of 10
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Elizabeth McCracken
American Author
When I tell people there are three stories in 'Thunderstruck' that were from the same wrecked novel, they want to guess what they are. Nobody has. There are no characters or timelines in common. They're structured very differently. A good novel wouldn't have pulled apart so easily.
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John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
What's interesting is that some of the things I'm interested in talking about is a story which has to do with the second half of your life, which can be told through Hedwig's voice because she's older. If the timeline is consistent, she's as old as me.
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Kaki King
American Musician
We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does, either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now.
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Lisa Joy
American Director
Working on 'Westworld' has been an incredible experience in learning to make something with the scope of a feature on a TV timeline with a budget nowhere near what you would expect for a feature film equivalent.
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Theo Walcott
English Athlete
When I was 10 years old, my teacher got us to imagine our future. I drew a timeline of the rest of my life. I had just started playing football, so I drew pictures of me as a professional footballer.
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Samira Wiley
American Actress
When you're in prison, the progress of the outside world doesn't necessarily translate inside prison walls. You don't have any rights; it just doesn't progress along the same timeline.
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Robin Gibb
English Musician
We will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.
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Tarana Burke
American Activist
Social media is so immediate and in your face that I know many people have been helped and many people who have been traumatised by their entire timeline filled with 'me too.
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Amanda Seales
American Comedian
Exactly what I'm doing is what success looks like. I get to create on my own terms, on my own timeline, and I'm able to support myself and my mom and my cat comfortably.
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Tyga
American Musician
Tattoos, for me, are like a timeline of my life. I could look at a certain tattoo, and it reminds of me of a certain time in my life and why I got that tattoo.
Quote examples
Elizabeth McCracken
American Author
When I tell people there are three stories in 'Thunderstruck' that were from the same wrecked novel, they want to guess what they are. Nobody has. There are no characters or timelines in common. They're structured very differently. A good novel wouldn't have pulled apart so easily.
Quote examples
John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
What's interesting is that some of the things I'm interested in talking about is a story which has to do with the second half of your life, which can be told through Hedwig's voice because she's older. If the timeline is consistent, she's as old as me.
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Kaki King
American Musician
We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does, either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now.
Quote examples
Lisa Joy
American Director
Working on 'Westworld' has been an incredible experience in learning to make something with the scope of a feature on a TV timeline with a budget nowhere near what you would expect for a feature film equivalent.
Quote examples
Theo Walcott
English Athlete
When I was 10 years old, my teacher got us to imagine our future. I drew a timeline of the rest of my life. I had just started playing football, so I drew pictures of me as a professional footballer.
Quote examples
Samira Wiley
American Actress
When you're in prison, the progress of the outside world doesn't necessarily translate inside prison walls. You don't have any rights; it just doesn't progress along the same timeline.
Quote examples
Robin Gibb
English Musician
We will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.
Quote examples
Tarana Burke
American Activist
Social media is so immediate and in your face that I know many people have been helped and many people who have been traumatised by their entire timeline filled with 'me too.
Quote examples
Amanda Seales
American Comedian
Exactly what I'm doing is what success looks like. I get to create on my own terms, on my own timeline, and I'm able to support myself and my mom and my cat comfortably.
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Tyga
American Musician
Tattoos, for me, are like a timeline of my life. I could look at a certain tattoo, and it reminds of me of a certain time in my life and why I got that tattoo.
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