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outline

[ out-lahyn ]

noun

  1. the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
  2. a drawing or sketch restricted to line without shading or modeling of form.
  3. a general sketch, account, or report, indicating only the main features, as of a book, subject, or project:

    an outline of medieval history; an outline of a speech.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  4. outlines, the essential features or main aspects of something under discussion:

    At the first meeting, we gave her only the outlines of the project.

  5. Printing. an ornamented type in which the outside contours of each character appear in black, with the inside left white.


verb (used with object)

outlined, outlining.
  1. to draw the outline of, or draw in outline, as a figure or object.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to give an outline of; sketch the main features of:

    On the first day, the professor just outlined the course for us.

    Synonyms: ,

outline

/ ˈ²¹ÊŠ³ÙËŒ±ô²¹Éª²Ô /

noun

  1. a preliminary or schematic plan, draft, account, etc
  2. usually plural the important features of an argument, theory, work, etc
  3. the line by which an object or figure is or appears to be bounded
    1. a drawing or manner of drawing consisting only of external lines
    2. ( as modifier )

      an outline map

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to draw or display the outline of
  2. to give the main features or general idea of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù±ð·´Ç³Ü³Ùl¾±²Ô±ð noun verb (used with object) preoutlined preoutlining
  • °ù±ð·´Ç³Ü³Ùl¾±²Ô±ð verb (used with object) reoutlined reoutlining
  • ·É±ð±ô±ô-´Ç³Ü³Ùl¾±²Ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of outline1

First recorded in 1655–65; out- + line 1
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Synonym Study

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Adams Kellum sent a letter to the court outlining reforms by her agency to improve financial and contract oversight.

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The difficulties facing the canal were first outlined in a letter sent to local businesses by Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal and River Trust in Wales, in February.

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The hip-hop mogul has denied all the allegations against him, including those outlined in dozens of civil lawsuits filed.

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Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, went so far as to call climate change a “religion†at a briefing in March, outlining steps his agency would undertake to deregulate.

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His move may have made an impression on the Democrats, who have been criticized for giving in to Trump, and the New Jersey senator accurately outlined dozens of times that happened.

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