timeline
part of speech
noun (a timeline, timelines)
meaning for a pupil
1) A timeline is a line or chart showing events in the order they happened, with times marked along it. tree →
2) A timeline is also a plan of when things need to be done. tree →
3) On social media, a timeline is the list of posts you see, newest first. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, pupils make timelines of the Romans, Vikings or their own lives, putting events in order from earliest to latest. In maths, a timeline works like a number line, so you can count the years between two events by subtracting. In project work, a timeline shows deadlines. Phrases: «on a timeline», «make a timeline», «put in order».
examples
- We made a timeline of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. tree →
- Put these events in order on the timeline. tree →
- My timeline shows when I learned to walk and talk. tree →
- The timeline goes from left to right. tree →
- Our project timeline says we finish next week. tree →
- Use the timeline to count how many years apart the events were. tree →
- The scientist drew a timeline of the dinosaurs. tree →
- New posts appear at the top of your timeline. tree →
note
Countable; one word. In maths, a timeline is like a number line: the gap between two points is found by subtracting the earlier from the later. Be careful with BC: on a timeline BC numbers get bigger the further back you go.
In the corpora
- A timeline shows events in the order they happened, with equal steps for equal numbers of years.
- A timeline puts events in order on a line with a scale.
- On a timeline of Earth's 4.5 billion years squashed into 24 hours, humans appear only about 6 seconds before midnight.
- On a 1-metre timeline of the last 2,000 years, each centimetre stands for 20 years.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «timeline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.