outline
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noun
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.
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)
6.
to draw the outline of, or draw in outline, as a figure or object.
7.
to give an outline of; sketch the main features of: On the first day, the professor just outlined the course for us.
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Related forms
pre·out·line, noun, verb (used with object), pre·out·lined, pre·out·lin·ing.
re·out·line, verb (used with object), re·out·lined, re·out·lin·ing.
well-out·lined, adjective
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outline (ˈaʊtˌlaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| 4. | a. a drawing or manner of drawing consisting only of external lines |
| b. (as modifier): an outline map | |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to draw or display the outline of |
| 6. | to give the main features or general idea of |
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Example sentences
Bring brief handouts that outline your plan for the hour.
The cloud would outline your skin, delineate your lungs, trace your digestive tract.
We could use a single sensor to look at the three-dimensional outline of a target or object of interest.
In the days that followed, the rough outline of his biography was recounted in newspapers around the world.
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