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outline

[ out-lahyn ]

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noun

the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
a drawing or sketch restricted to line without shading or modeling of form.
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: summary, synopsis, rough, draft, plan
outlines, the essential features or main aspects of something under discussion:
At the first meeting, we gave her only the outlines of the project.
Printing. an ornamented type in which the outside contours of each character appear in black, with the inside left white.

verb (used with object)

, out·lined, out·lin·ing.

to draw the outline of, or draw in outline, as a figure or object.
Synonyms: draft, delineate
to give an outline of; sketch the main features of:
On the first day, the professor just outlined the course for us.
Synonyms: draft, delineate

outline

/ ˈaʊtˌlaɪn /

noun

a preliminary or schematic plan, draft, account, etc
usually plural the important features of an argument, theory, work, etc
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

verb

to draw or display the outline of
to give the main features or general idea of

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Other Words From

pre·outline noun verb (used with object) preoutlined preoutlining
re·outline verb (used with object) reoutlined reoutlining
well-outlined adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of outline¹

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

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