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blue·print
/
ˈbluˌprɪnt
/
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bloo
-print
]
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noun
1.
a process of photographic
printing
, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings,
which
produces a white
line
on a
blue
background.
2.
a
print
made by this process.
3.
a detailed outline or plan of action:
a blueprint for success.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make a blueprint of or for.
Origin:
1885–90;
blue
+
print
Related forms
blue·print·er,
noun
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blueprint
(ˈbluːˌprɪnt)
—
n
1.
Also called:
cyanotype
a photographic print of plans, technical drawings, etc, consisting of white lines on a blue background
2.
an original plan or prototype that influences subsequent design or practice:
the Montessori method was the blueprint for education in the 1940s
—
vb
3.
(
tr
) to make a blueprint of (a plan)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
blueprint
1886, from
blue
+
print
. Figurative sense of "detailed plan" is attested from 1926.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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