outline
IPA: ˈaʊtɫaɪn
noun
- 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.
- A general description of some subject.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- (film) 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.
verb
- (transitive) To draw an outline of.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
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Examples of "outline" in Sentences
- The broad outlines of the theory.
- The outline of the square is traced.
- That's the rough outline of the story.
- The outline of the shell is oblongate.
- The plot followed the outline of the play.
- It was the shadowy outline of the alien ship.
- Outlined the timetable for the review of the act.
- The outline of the scheme discomfited the judges.
- It is an outline of the principles of modern theosophy.
- There was no mellowness in the outlines of rocks or beach.
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