timeline
Definitions
- A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
- The feed of a social media service, especially when ordered chronologically.
- A schedule of activities; a timetable.
- An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events differ from actual history, or differ from the established canon of a fictional world.
Equivalents
14 more languages
Češtinarozvrh
Galegocronoloxía
עבריתציר זמן
Bahasa Indonesialinimasa
Nederlandstijdlijn
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Svenskatidslinje
Türkçetaym
Tiếng Việtniên biểu
Examples
“But, as things stand⟳, there's no timeline in place⟳ for reopening.”
“Your Timeline is essentially your home base⟳ on Facebook, the place⟳ where all your Facebook friends can view⟳ your information and activity.”
“I got bitches askin' me about the code for the Wi-Fi / So they can talk⟳ about they timeline / And show⟳ me pictures of they friends”
“But the move⟳ was calculated to allow⟳ Twitter more control⟳ over the apps and media appearing in users' timelines”
““Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop⟳ seeing AI as futuristic and start⟳ seeing it as fragile,” said Adio Dinika, who studies the labor behind AI at the Distributed AI Research⟳ Institute, about people who work⟳ behind the scenes.”
“on an alternate timeline”
“worst timeline”
“SISKO: I don't quite know⟳ how to say⟳ this... but now that we know⟳ about the accident that sent the ship back in time, we should be able to avoid⟳ it. WORF: Well if we do that, your timeline will collapse and everything here will cease to exist⟳.”
“So in that sense⟳, if we want⟳ to talk⟳ about the timeline of what it would mean⟳ for Trump to be winning and reshifting the Constitutional order⟳, part of what I think⟳ about is: If the neoliberal order⟳ is cracked, as Gerstle says it is, then the question⟳ is: What will succeed⟳ it?”
“In one timeline, she [Marjorie Taylor Greene] could have⟳ used the Epstein win⟳ as the foundation of an anti-Trump resistance in the Republican ranks.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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