blueprint
See also: blue-print and blue print
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
blueprint (plural blueprints)
- A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
- A print produced with this process.
- (architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
- (informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
Synonyms
- (paper-based technical drawing): cyanotype, schematic
- (detailed technical drawing): schematic
- (informal): road map, schematic, plan, layout
Translations
cyanotype reproduction process
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print produced by this process
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any detailed technical drawing
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any detailed plan of action
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Verb
blueprint (third-person singular simple present blueprints, present participle blueprinting, simple past and past participle blueprinted)
- To make a blueprint for.
- The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.
- To make a detailed operational plan for.
- They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation.
Translations
to make a blueprint for
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to make a detailed operational plan for
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