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What (who) is Outline - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Outlines; Outlined; Outlining; Out line; Out lines; Out lined; Out lining; Rough outline; Reverse outlining; Outline (disambiguation)
outline
(outlines, outlining, outlined)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you outline an idea or a plan, you explain it in a general way.
The mayor outlined his plan to clean up the town's image...
VERB: V n
2.
An outline is a general explanation or description of something.
Following is an outline of the survey findings...
The proposals were given in outline by the Secretary of State.
N-COUNT: also in N
3.
You say that an object is outlined when you can see its general shape because there is light behind it.
The Ritz was outlined against the lights up there...
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed
4.
The outline of something is its general shape, especially when it cannot be clearly seen.
He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
outline
¦ noun
1. a line or lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram.
the outer edges of an object.
2. a representation of a word in shorthand.
3. a general plan showing essential features but no detail.
¦ verb
1. draw or define the outer edge or shape of.
2. give a summary of.
outline
I
n.
1) to draw up, make an outline
2) a bare; broad, general; rough outline
3) in outline (to draw in outline; to present a project in broad outline)
II
v.
1) (B) they outlined the project to us
2) (d; tr.) to outline against (the ship was outlined against the horizon)
Wikipedia
Outline
Outline or outlining may refer to:
- Outline (list), a document summary, in hierarchical list format
- Code folding, a method of hiding or collapsing code or text to see content in outline form
- Outline drawing, a sketch depicting the outer edges of a person or object, without interior details or shading
- Outline (note-taking software), a note-taking application
- Outline typeface, in typography
- Outline VPN, a free and open-source Shadowsocks deployment tool
- Outline, the representation of a word in shorthand
- Step outline, or just outline, the first summary of a story for a film script
Examples of use of Outline
1. Neither subject is addressed in Steiger‘s outline.
2. However, some outline agreements have been reached.
3. Rumsfeld on Friday to outline his concept on force reductions.
4. Its outline can be seen from 15km (nine miles) away.
5. Brown did not outline specifics on his Iraq policy.