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Webster 1913 Edition
Outline
Out′lineˊ
,Noun.
1.
(a)
The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
(b)
In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
(c)
A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
Painters, by their
outlines
, colors, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures. Dryden.
2.
Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, discourse, course of thought, etc.;
as, the
. outline
of a speechBut that larger grief . . .
Is given in
Is given in
outline
and no more. Tennyson.
Syn. – Sketch; draught; delineation. See
Sketch
. Out′lineˊ
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Outlined
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Outlining
.] 1.
To draw the outline of.
2.
Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; to create a general framework of (a plan, system, discourse, course of thought), for which the details need to be added;
as, to
. outline
an argument or a campaignWebster 1828 Edition
Outline
OUT'LINE
,Noun.
OUT'LINE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
outline
outline
English
Noun
outline (plural outlines)
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- Dryden
- Painters, by their outlines, colours, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
- Dryden
- A general description of some subject.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- the outline of a speech
- (film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
Translations
line marking the boundary of an object figure
outer shape of an object or figure
sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading
general description of some subject
statement summarizing the important points of a text
preliminary plan of a project
(film industry) a prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay
See also
Verb
outline (third-person singular simple present outlines, present participle outlining, simple past and past participle outlined)
- (transitive) To draw an outline of something.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess:
- He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.
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- (transitive) To summarize something.
- Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Translations
to draw an outline of something
to summarize something
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