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/ˈaʊtlˌaɪn/ Listen

noun

Outline n.

(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."

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 speech. "But that larger grief... Is given in outline and no more."

Synonyms: Sketch; draught; delineation. See Sketch.

verb

Outline v. t. (past & past part. outlined; pres. part. outlining)

To draw the outline of.

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 campaign.

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Etymology of 'Outline'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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