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Word: outline (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A general description of some subject.
  • A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
  • A preliminary plan of a project.
  • A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
  • A summarizing the important points of a text.
  • film industry A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
  • The outer shape of an object or figure.

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Verb:

  • transitive To draw an outline of something.
  • transitive To summarize something.

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