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redline

/ˈɹɛd.laɪn/

redline noun: a drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.

redline: a drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification
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Noun

redline (plural redlines)

  1. A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.
  2. The maximum speed, temperature, pressure, etc., at which a device (such as the engine in a car, aircraft, etc.) is designed to operate.

Verb

redline (third-person singular simple present redlines, present participle redlining, simple past and past participle redlined)

  1. To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
  2. To operate a device at one or more redlines.
    1. To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
  3. (Canada, US, urban studies) To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
    • Already ‘redlined’ by profit-hungry telcos, the inhabitants of poor inner city areas can be shut out of the new on-line services through lack of money.1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2021
    Antonyms:
    greenline
  4. To achieve audio levels that will cause clipping (indicated by red in an audio meter).

redline meaning in Bengali

redline in Bengali

নথি ইত্যাদি, তাপমাত্রা, চাপ ইত্যাদি

Antonyms of redline

Forms of redline

Noun
pluralredlines
Verb
third-person singular presentredlines
present participleredlining
past participleredlined
pastredlined

Plural of redline: redlines

Origin of redline

From red + line, originating with the frequent use of red pen or pencil to mark corrections on drawings and documents (1), and the red markings on a tachometer (2).

Words formed from redline

Words that rhyme with redline

Questions about redline

What does redline mean?
Redline means a drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.
What is redline in Bengali?
Redline in Bengali is নথি ইত্যাদি, তাপমাত্রা, চাপ ইত্যাদি. See Redline meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is redline?
Redline can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce redline?
Redline is pronounced /ˈɹɛd.laɪn/.
What is the plural of redline?
The plural of redline is redlines.

Words near redline in the dictionary

  1. redlight
  2. redlighted
  3. redlighting
  4. redlights
  5. Redlin
  6. redline
  7. redlined
  8. redliner
  9. redliners
  10. redlines
  11. Redlinger

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: redline (page history and authors); redline (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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