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redline
red·line R0102800 (rĕd′līn′)v. red·lined, red·lin·ing, red·lines v.intr.1. To refuse to provide mortgages, insurance, or other goods or services to areas deemed a poor economic risk, particularly when the residents are nonwhite.2. To reach the maximum engine speed at which an engine is designed to be safely operated: The car redlined at 80 miles per hour in fourth gear.3. Computers To mark or highlight edited text, as with a red line, to distinguish it from unedited portions of a document.v.tr.1. To practice redlining in (an area or community), as in declining to provide mortgages.2. To remove from operational status because of mechanical defects or the need for scheduled maintenance: redlined three fighter aircraft.3. Computers To mark (edited text) by redlining.n. or red line1. A safety limit, as marked on a gauge.2. The furthest limit of what will be tolerated: The use of chemical weapons in the conflict will cross a red line and trigger immediate intervention.3. Sports a. The red line at the center of an ice hockey rink, running parallel to the goal lines and dividing the rink in half.b. Either of two red lines running across an ice hockey rink near the end boards, in the center of which the goal is positioned.redline (ˈrɛdˌlaɪn) vb (tr) 1. (Banking & Finance) (esp of a bank or group of banks) to refuse a loan to (a person or country) because of the presumed risks involved2. (Banking & Finance) to restrict people's access to goods or services on the basis of the area in which they liveredline Past participle: redlined Gerund: redlining
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I redline | you redline | he/she/it redlines | we redline | you redline | they redline |
Preterite |
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I redlined | you redlined | he/she/it redlined | we redlined | you redlined | they redlined |
Present Continuous |
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I am redlining | you are redlining | he/she/it is redlining | we are redlining | you are redlining | they are redlining |
Present Perfect |
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I have redlined | you have redlined | he/she/it has redlined | we have redlined | you have redlined | they have redlined |
Past Continuous |
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I was redlining | you were redlining | he/she/it was redlining | we were redlining | you were redlining | they were redlining |
Past Perfect |
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I had redlined | you had redlined | he/she/it had redlined | we had redlined | you had redlined | they had redlined |
Future |
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I will redline | you will redline | he/she/it will redline | we will redline | you will redline | they will redline |
Future Perfect |
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I will have redlined | you will have redlined | he/she/it will have redlined | we will have redlined | you will have redlined | they will have redlined |
Future Continuous |
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I will be redlining | you will be redlining | he/she/it will be redlining | we will be redlining | you will be redlining | they will be redlining |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been redlining | you have been redlining | he/she/it has been redlining | we have been redlining | you have been redlining | they have been redlining |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been redlining | you will have been redlining | he/she/it will have been redlining | we will have been redlining | you will have been redlining | they will have been redlining |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been redlining | you had been redlining | he/she/it had been redlining | we had been redlining | you had been redlining | they had been redlining |
Conditional |
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I would redline | you would redline | he/she/it would redline | we would redline | you would redline | they would redline |
Past Conditional |
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I would have redlined | you would have redlined | he/she/it would have redlined | we would have redlined | you would have redlined | they would have redlined | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | redline - discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhooddiscriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race |
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Words related to redlineverb discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhoodRelated Words- discriminate
- single out
- separate
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