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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
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.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- Painters, by their outlines, colours, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- 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.
- (fishing) A setline or trotline.
Translations[edit]
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
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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
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Verb[edit]
outline (third-person singular simple present outlines, present participle outlining, simple past and past participle outlined)
- (transitive) To draw an outline of.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[1]:
- 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.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- 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[edit]
to draw an outline of something
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to summarize something
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