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timelining

timelining is the present participle and gerund of timeline.

Meaning of timeline

Verb

timeline (third-person singular simple present timelines, present participle timelining, simple past and past participle timelined)

  1. To analyse a sequence of events or activities.
  2. To display such a sequence graphically.

See all 6 meanings of timeline

Noun

timelining (uncountable)

  1. The use of timelines in scheduling.

Origin of timelining

From timeline + -ing.

Questions about timelining

What does timelining mean?
Timelining means the use of timelines in scheduling.
What is timelining the present participle and gerund of?
Timelining is the present participle and gerund of timeline.
What part of speech is timelining?
Timelining is a noun.

Words near timelining in the dictionary

  1. timelines
  2. timeliness
  3. timelinesses
  4. timeling
  5. timelings
  6. timelining
  7. timelock
  8. timelocked
  9. timelocks
  10. timelord
  11. timelords

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Adapted from Wiktionary: timelining (page history and authors); timeline (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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