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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

blueprinter, noun

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blue·print Audio Help (blōō'prĭnt') Pronunciation Key
n.

A contact print of a drawing or other image rendered as white lines on a blue background, especially such a print of an architectural plan or technical drawing. Also called cyanotype.
A mechanical drawing produced by any of various similar photographic processes, such as one that creates blue or black lines on a white background.
A detailed plan of action. See Synonyms at plan.
A model or prototype.

tr.v. blue·print·ed, blue·print·ing, blue·prints

To make a blueprint of.
To lay a plan for.

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blueprint
noun
1.	something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
2.	photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
verb
1.	make a blueprint of

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ˈblueprint noun

a detailed photographic plan of work to be carried out
Example: the blueprints for a new aircraft

Arabic:	مُخَطَّطٌ تَفْصيلي
Chinese (Simplified):	蓝图
Chinese (Traditional):	藍圖
Czech:	plán, nákres
Danish:	blåtryk
Dutch:	blauwdruk
Estonian:	sinikoopia, plaan
Finnish:	sinikopio, suunnitelma
French:	bleu
German:	die Blaupause
Greek:	προσχέδιο
Hungarian:	tervrajz
Icelandic:	áætlun, uppdráttur
Indonesian:	rancangan
Italian:	progetto

Japanese:	青写真
Korean:	청사진
Latvian:	plāns; projekts
Lithuanian:	brėžinys, planas
Norwegian:	plan; blåkopi, lyskopi
Polish:	projekt
Portuguese (Brazil):	projeto
Portuguese (Portugal):	plano
Romanian:	plan, schiţă
Russian:	светокопия
Slovak:	(technicky) modrák
Slovenian:	načrt
Spanish:	anteproyecto
Swedish:	planritning, utkast
Turkish:	ozalit kopya