Crossword clues for outline
outline
- Sketch; general plan
- Sketch feature of Rugby, swapping parts
- Revealed shipping company's plan
- Preliminary draft
- Bare bones revealed rank
- Dismissed story, including new sketch
- Rough sketch
- Trace around
- Synopsis — silhouette
- Show the main features of
- Screenwriter's submission
- Preliminary summary
- Organize, as one's planned writing
- Author's start
- Preliminary sketch
- Writer's starting point
- Silhouette, essentially
- Writer's plan
- Sketch
- The line that appears to bound an object
- A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- A schematic or preliminary plan
- Summary of key points
- Give summary of unfashionable policy
- Give a summary of
- General plan; summary
- Synopsis - silhouette
- Summarise Twickenham formation back to front
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outline
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
outline a method (=describe a method in a few words)
▪ This leaflet outlines the methods that are available to you.
outline a plan (=describe it in a general way)
▪ They listened as he outlined his plan.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bare
▪ For the purposes of this appeal the barest outline is sufficient.
▪ The bare outlines and graphic shorthand of Botticelli s drawings leave more space for the imagination, and speak more directly.
▪ It is necessary in his judgment to relate the facts only in the barest outline.
▪ These brief examples are given, in bare outline, to indicate some possible procedures.
▪ That is the bare outline of the Pilmay and Scott story, a tale that could be told in much more detail.
basic
▪ The basic outline of the beaded sample was worked with a plain crochet chain sewn with slip stitch to the knitting.
▪ We thought these books were good because they told the basic story outline for novels.
▪ And even if we know the basic outline of a story we may not remember how it ends!
black
▪ The gallows with its black outline, like a half-completed cross, sank back behind the hedge and was lost to view.
▪ The striking visual appearance of that black and white outline has sparked off innumerable creative ideas.
brief
▪ You may feel, on consideration, that a brief outline would serve your purposes better.
▪ Such, in brief outline, was the Combined Fleet plan for the Midway operation.
▪ Only a brief outline of the main points which currently affect business executives can be given here.
▪ A brief outline will illustrate how the reforms benefit the average eater.
▪ Details of this are described at appropriate stages in this book, so here a brief outline will suffice.
▪ Only a brief outline of the structure will be presented.
▪ What follows is therefore only a brief outline, with a closer examination of certain areas.
▪ This guide is intended to provide a brief outline of resources and services.
broad
▪ That period now covers the year ahead and two succeeding years in broader outline.
clear
▪ To hide their clear outlines they need some kind of disruptive markings.
▪ The plate showed the clear outline of a skeleton!
▪ However, the syllabus does provide a clear outline of the department's philosophy and aims and objectives.
general
▪ The irreducibility thesis, in its general outline, might be summed up thus.
▪ Taylor can describe it only in general outline.
▪ Though the specifics will vary enormously, the general outline is quite clear.
▪ During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages.
▪ Even the shape of a tree - with its numerous branches and twigs - resembles the general outline of our own lungs.
rough
▪ I have not been able to do more than suggest the rough outline of this approach.
▪ As the rough outlines of other cult members' lives began to take shape, I recognized them, too.
▪ We started the first rough outline of a scenario.
▪ So in the rest of this introductory chapter I will give a rough outline of all that we did, and why.
▪ So, if you can, plan ahead in rough outline.
■ NOUN
agreement
▪ Although no longer a barren exchange, they do not represent outline agreements to be followed at the national level.
map
▪ It opens with an outline map and the superimposition of the rather rigid zones used by the emergency planners.
plan
▪ The application also contained outline plans for housing.
▪ The student could produce an overview or outline plan containing a consideration of ideas showing the main components of the investigation.
planning
▪ He was after outline planning and thought he was going to get it.
▪ In 1989 outline planning for a similar development there by Bellway was refused by Middlesbrough Council's economic development and planning committee.
▪ The club have submitted an application for outline planning permission to Glasgow District Council following extensive feasibility studies.
proposal
▪ Your reference materials should be sorted out and grouped together around each subheading within the proposal outline.
▪ The subheading topics suggested in the research proposal outline do not represent the final work in proposal writing.
▪ One good example of this flow is implicit in the Introduction section of the research proposal outline.
▪ In the case of an overflow of note material, extra pages may easily be attached to the proposal outline.
▪ Begin with a review of your proposal as prepared, using the proposal outline and the accompanying guidelines.
■ VERB
begin
▪ I had already begun an outline for another book and for that I needed some local colour in an Eastern bloc country.
create
▪ This forms as the fibrils fan out and begin to create the spherical outline.
▪ Hanging indentations are commonly used to create numbered paragraphs and outlines.
draw
▪ To design a room you first select a scale and draw the outline of the walls from the top view.
▪ In other words, you can draw outline then colour and draw over it as you like.
▪ The bars should be solid, not just drawn in outline.
▪ To start with I used them straight with no water and sharpened the leads to a fine point to draw the outline.
follow
▪ Then he felt along to a door frame and followed its outline until he found a light-switch.
▪ No pattern instructions are involved as the shaping is worked by following the outline row by row.
▪ Braids following the outline of curtains give a formal, traditional appearance.
▪ For example, it lends itself to a curve following the outline of the frame, a garland or a solid design.
▪ A valance following the outline of the windows can offer another pleasing effect.
▪ On the blank east wall the Eastons have opened up windows, following the outlines of earlier mullions.
▪ As a result, my Paraphrase is a ten-minute composition for eight wind players which follows the outline of the opera plot.
give
▪ Suppose we are given some outline drawings of axes.
▪ They it is that give civilizations their essential outline and characteristic quality.
▪ To start with, imagine you are given just the physical outline of adults of several species.
▪ The editorial gives us a simple outline about how we read images that could be found in any photography textbook.
▪ These brief examples are given, in bare outline, to indicate some possible procedures.
▪ The trombones, etc. give the outline only here.
▪ Your plan gives an outline shape to the essay in paragraphs or chunks of connected information and ideas. 6.
produce
▪ The student could produce an overview or outline plan containing a consideration of ideas showing the main components of the investigation.
▪ The packaging may not produce an outline visible on a radiograph, and shadows due to constipation may obscure their silhouette.
provide
▪ This provides an outline of the purpose of each module and what is expected from students.
▪ On this page, we provide an outline of each of the new awards.
▪ Both treatments will provide no more than outlines and in no way can be regarded as exhaustive.
▪ Pre-determined astrological influences may have provided the outline.
▪ However, the syllabus does provide a clear outline of the department's philosophy and aims and objectives.
▪ This guide is intended to provide a brief outline of resources and services.
▪ This briefing paper aims to provide an outline of the major issues involved in the trade and environment debate.
▪ The author provides an outline; the young reader uses the outline on which to graft his own refinements.
see
▪ I could see by its outline that it was at least notionally human.
▪ Cruising underwater, you see pale outlines of the irregular sea bottom.
▪ I could see the outline of the soldier in front of me, at least that is an improvement on yesterday evening's march.
▪ Once, briefly, I saw her outline again, safely on a parallel course.
▪ The radial shields are usually covered although in some specimens it is possible to see the outline of distal end.
▪ Squinting into the sunset, one could see the outline of the Statue of Liberty.
▪ I woke to see the dim outlines of a mountain towards the southeast.
▪ Beyond, I could see the outline of a vast quarry, clearly from whence the car had come.
sketch
▪ I have tried to sketch in outline why I think this to be wrong.
▪ Before you begin, look at the way Katherine Mansfield sketched the outlines for her last stories.
trace
▪ Slowly and sensually he traced the outline of her lips with the tip of his tongue.
▪ His hand moved round and round, tracing the outline of a blue ring.
▪ Who will trace in sleep the outline of my hips?
▪ I eased the steel strip out, drawing it downward to trace the outline of what seemed to be a bolt.
▪ The artist then laboriously traces the outline of the image placing anchor points and stretching the curves or lines between them.
▪ It's said that he first traced the outline for his ladylike creation around a tall woman friend.
▪ If it is thin enough you will be able to trace the outlines of a plot originally drawn on graph paper.
▪ Instead his mouth pressed against the soft cotton, tracing the outline of her body and making her shudder.
write
▪ When she was told this was one of the better scripts, Lynda promptly wrote four outlines for plots herself.
▪ For a self-evaluation, write a detailed outline with three sections: your current responsibilities, your strengths, your weaknesses.
▪ The last thing I wanted was to have to write the outline again.
▪ To approach one, write, giving an outline of the novel, asking if they would be interested in reading it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A chalk outline of the victim's body was still visible on the sidewalk.
▪ an outline agreement
▪ In a short statement, Akers gave an outline of his plans for the company.
▪ In this paper I will give a broad outline of the research we have been doing.
▪ On the envelopes had been stamped the outlines of Santa Claus, holly, and a reindeer.
▪ The outline of a footprint was visible in the snow.
▪ The book begins with an outline of the events that led to the First World War.
▪ This chapter shows, in outline, the way money circulates through the economy.
▪ Write a short outline covering the main points before you start on your essay.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Begin with a review of your proposal as prepared, using the proposal outline and the accompanying guidelines.
▪ In outline the tax is simple.
▪ In the case of an overflow of note material, extra pages may easily be attached to the proposal outline.
▪ The note patternings are really very simple in rhythmic outline, very closely resembling those of early choral music.
▪ The opportunity to see a semantic net and dynamically generate outlines from it may help authors mold the desired document.
▪ The solid outline encloses the subset of the array that we were able to characterize fully.
▪ This section will focus on solicitors' charges but will only consider them in outline.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
above
▪ The objectives for instruction in online information retrieval have been outlined above.
▪ Acyclovir's anti-viral activity is based on just the kind of selective enzyme interactions outlined above.
▪ Each of the theoretical approaches outlined above is vulnerable to specific criticisms.
▪ The key feature of the exercise I have outlined above is the need for centralized planning.
▪ In the first place, there is the differential distribution of occupational schemes between men and women outlined above.
▪ An attempt at prediction, like that outlined above, would now have little chance of success.
▪ Despite the moves outlined above, the need for regulation in the electricity industry remains of crucial importance.
▪ Measures to reduce unemployment are of the utmost importance and have been outlined above.
already
▪ The argument for solar constancy is essentially the one I have already outlined.
▪ The aim of the exercise is to win support for the constitutional settlement that Britain and Ireland have already outlined.
▪ Healey had already outlined some ideas in a lecture at the University of California in February 1961.
below
▪ However, vases are the primary motifs in the two designs outlined below.
▪ The differences between and the characteristics of each type of search is outlined below.
▪ For the reasons outlined below, we have had to raise our Contents premiums in certain areas of the country.
▪ But it doesn't always work out easily, as shown in the situation outlined below.
▪ Under the headings of efficiency and accountability a number of initiatives were introduced which are briefly outlined below.
▪ The possibilities where this may occur are outlined below.
▪ Some of the many measures dealt with are outlined below.
▪ The major elements in each are outlined below.
briefly
▪ To tease out their effects, I will begin by briefly outlining the procedural and organisational framework intended to promote interagency co-operation.
▪ Under the headings of efficiency and accountability a number of initiatives were introduced which are briefly outlined below.
▪ It briefly outlines activities such as helplines, respite care services and consultation on community care proposals.
▪ Introduction InPart One I have briefly outlined the origins and fate of the classical perspective in criminology.
▪ These are briefly outlined in the protocol under each drug mentioned.
▪ This is where the counsellor can briefly outline the agendas, leaving the counsellee in little doubt as to his or her intentions.
▪ In the foregoing pages the history of five medieval South Slav states has been briefly outlined.
▪ The fifth paragraph briefly outlines the Development Zone Scheme.
earlier
▪ Academics have no excuse not to provide students with the academic freedoms outlined earlier.
▪ Many such children have some of the physical sensitivities we described for Hannah and outlined earlier in this chapter.
▪ This use of probability information is susceptible to the problems of using statistical information outlined earlier and described by Sayre.
▪ I outlined earlier how several of the themes developed in early slave days continue throughout the course of black involvement in sport.
▪ Mantle compositions that could yield both mare basalts and highland rocks are consistent with the constraints on the interior outlined earlier.
▪ In essence this is the same issue as that outlined earlier concerning the creativity of the school.
▪ Wherever possible non-destructive approaches outlined earlier should be used to meet research objectives in preference to excavation.
▪ These policies have the hallmarks of the subsistence approach to poverty outlined earlier in section 2 of this Chapter.
here
▪ Some of the proposals in each of these areas are outlined here.
▪ For many people the approach outlined here goes much better when they are helped by a psychotherapist with the same Orientation.
▪ A day in the life of a researcher can contain any of the tasks outlined here or several of them.
▪ Several realignment plans will be discussed, including three that are outlined here.
▪ There are also important taxation implications which are worth outlining here.
▪ The ideas outlined here may seem a bit odd, cranky even, and certainly inconvenient and impractical.
▪ The exercises outlined here should be regarded as steps in your learning process.
▪ It is not possible even to outline here the workings of the language.
how
▪ Hobbes outlines how the methodical procedures of resolution and composition will result in such a science.
▪ One valuable portion outlines how to add people to the composition to help tell a story.
▪ It outlines how some 950 old and dangerous landfills are to be cleaned up.
▪ Rosemary Verey, creator of Barnsley House in the Cotswolds outlined how to turn his looming hemlocks into topiary.
■ NOUN
approach
▪ This paper outlines a strategic approach for developing primary and community health services in London.
▪ I shall then briefly outline a structural approach to the problem of the distinction between numerical and qualitative identity.
▪ If the hon. Gentleman really believes that he has outlined a proper approach, I ask him to reconsider his position.
▪ We outline a possible approach to the problem in the next section and in Chapter 3.
▪ He represented a new mood of therapeutic optimism and outlined a scientific approach capable of giving reality to his ambitious aspirations.
▪ This book introduces quality methods and outlines an approach to quality developed for healthcare services.
area
▪ He goes on to outline the areas of concern and reasons why they had not been dealt with.
▪ Petrey outlines the main areas of disagreement and suggests an explanation for the differences between the two schools.
▪ She outlined the four areas of the investigation they were considering.
case
▪ Jane Griffin outlines the case for the prosecution and the defence Is cholesterol good or bad for runners?
▪ He sits down and writes a detailed letter to Brown, outlining the case and asking for his advice.
▪ At the meeting at Teesside Polytechnic he outlined his case against the pylons on health grounds.
change
▪ In response the World Bank in September outlined changes which it said took account of the report's criticisms.
▪ Last November, he publicly outlined a list of changes he said would make the amendment less objectionable.
▪ Meciar held a press conference on June 28 to outline changes in government structure similar to those approved by the federal Cabinet.
chapter
▪ While this first chapter has outlined what that criticism is, the next gives sketches of half a dozen critical types.
▪ This chapter outlines practical techniques that will help you to build and maintain quality relationships effectively.
▪ In this chapter I have outlined some helpful techniques to help build relationships.
▪ The chapter outlines each method and discusses how each is useful for drawing inferences.
▪ This is an excellent introductory chapter which outlines the use of quality assurance methods.
▪ The preceding chapters have outlined many of the likely areas of difficulty.
detail
▪ A fourth example, the Copernican Revolution, will be outlined in more detail in the following section.
▪ I outline some of their details and characteristics below.
▪ Before demonstrating this variety, it is necessary to outline some minor technical details of relevance.
▪ They leaned closer, attentive, as he outlined the details of his scheme.
development
▪ We conclude by outlining likely future developments in residential child care.
▪ It outlines zoning and development requirements for the area.
▪ Polar soils and their main characteristics are summarized in Table 3.1, and Figure 3.2 outlines stages in their development.
▪ The fifth paragraph briefly outlines the Development Zone Scheme.
▪ Elaine Thompson describes how they work, what they cost and outlines some of the developments for the future.
▪ Fascinating museum outlining the development of the city as we know it today.
▪ The Dictionary is organised in sectors, each set of biographies introduced by an essay outlining the development of the industry.
document
▪ The document then outlined what the Secretaries of State for Education thought should be the curriculum in primary and secondary schools.
▪ But the company was unable to confirm the figure while taxation specialists study details of an Inland Revenue document outlining the proposals.
idea
▪ He worked on it consistently - drafts exist outlining the ideas of the play, as well as the mechanics of its production.
▪ In college I had a professor who made us outline every idea before we wrote.
▪ Healey had already outlined some ideas in a lecture at the University of California in February 1961.
letter
▪ Then send us a letter and a diagram outlining your dream tank and enclosing a shopping list, along with the form below.
▪ The letter also outlines concerns regarding Barry's student admissions, writing and grading policies.
▪ He sits down and writes a detailed letter to Brown, outlining the case and asking for his advice.
▪ In those letters, he outlined his activities and threatened more serious attacks on Barclays customers.
method
▪ The chapter outlines each method and discusses how each is useful for drawing inferences.
▪ The difficult problems associated with adjacent or confluent eigenvalues are outlined and methods of solution developed and discussed.
▪ In this section, we outline the main methods and findings in the United States.
▪ They outline test methods which may be used to ascertain whether equipment meets those limits.
number
▪ The white paper outlined a number of policy innovations.
▪ The reform plan outlined a number of other measures to prevent losses from going undetected in the future.
paper
▪ This paper outlines the issue and indicates how it may be addressed.
▪ The 8 by 14-inch paper outlines an argument that the Arizona Constitution already guarantees the right to carry concealed weapons.
▪ The white paper outlined a number of policy innovations.
▪ This Briefing Paper outlines the implications.
▪ This paper outlines a strategic approach for developing primary and community health services in London.
▪ Later in this paper I intend to outline the curriculum and teaching strategies I hope will be retained within the national curriculum.
plan
▪ However, if you keep trying with the plan we outline, you will certainly succeed.
▪ The reform plan outlined a number of other measures to prevent losses from going undetected in the future.
policy
▪ It will be only if it persists in the policies outlined in your editorial.
position
▪ Miss McLean also outlined the position of the women's union on equal pay.
principle
▪ It outlined a set of principles and indicated how they would work in particular instances.
▪ First, the Court outlined the legal principles to be applied.
▪ In section 6.5.1 the principle of conservation of angular momentum was outlined.
▪ He should be content instead with outlining the motive principle and not try to predicate any content to it.
▪ Nevertheless, we will attempt here to outline the main principles as simply as possible, without discussing complex issues.
▪ A detailed reference text outlining the principles and procedure in relation to assessment is now available in full and in summary form.
problem
▪ While not representing insurmountable obstacles to comparison, it is important to address these problems and outline the strategies for overcoming them.
▪ He has no credible ideas or answers to the economic problems he outlines at such length.
▪ These problems were outlined not to paralyse comparative researchers, but to highlight possible sources of bias in drawing valid inferences.
▪ It is simpler to think about the problems outlined below in the context of controlled language indexing.
▪ Third, are the various studies cognisant of the problems of comparison outlined in the first part of the book?
▪ How does this theoretical approach fare in relation to the problems which were outlined in the opening section?
procedure
▪ This leaflet is designed to outline the procedures through which you, the customer, can register your views or seek redress.
▪ Does it adequately outline assessment procedures which will identify the needs of the deaf child?
▪ A staff meeting is held to clarify what the plan is for and to outline the procedures to be adopted.
▪ Hobbes outlines how the methodical procedures of resolution and composition will result in such a science.
▪ A detailed reference text outlining the principles and procedure in relation to assessment is now available in full and in summary form.
▪ The rules of the organisation which owned the journal outlined a procedure to be followed that used a guest editor.
▪ In addition, we have a code of practice that outlines our procedures and your rights on disconnection.
programme
▪ He outlined a programme of legislation dealing with publications, labour, youth care and the establishment of teachers' associations.
▪ Mr Yavlinsky did so, and for good measure outlined a programme for radical reform supported by western aid.
▪ Art &038; Tech has outlined an extremely ambitious programme that calls for three different mid-engined sports car to be produced.
proposal
▪ Aides said Dole would outline his proposal in more detail while campaigning in the Midwest this week.
▪ But the company was unable to confirm the figure while taxation specialists study details of an Inland Revenue document outlining the proposals.
▪ This, too, should be outlined in the proposal.
▪ But Mrs Rumbold eventually outlined a more modest proposal.
▪ The report outlines major proposals without taking sides or even saying if any would be an improvement over the current system.
▪ On 26 January he must give his State of the Union address in which he will outline his major tax proposals.
▪ Clinton will outline his education proposals in greater detail Feb. 6 when he submits his fiscal 1998 budget to Congress.
reason
▪ The poem then outlines the reasons for doing this, describing how the dead soldier always used to wake with the sun.
report
▪ The report will outline what the microcomputer is to be used for and which microcomputer hardware and software will be needed.
▪ The report also outlined the role agricultural cooperatives, the largest creditors to the mortgage companies, played in the fiasco.
▪ In the 1991 Employee Report, we outlined our plans to penetrate the Middle East market.
▪ The report outlines major proposals without taking sides or even saying if any would be an improvement over the current system.
role
▪ It also outlines the role and functions of the Social Work Services Inspectorate.
▪ The report also outlined the role agricultural cooperatives, the largest creditors to the mortgage companies, played in the fiasco.
▪ During the campaign Clinton outlined a role for government in areas from tobacco regulation to mandatory family-leave policies.
scheme
▪ The fifth paragraph briefly outlines the Development Zone Scheme.
▪ David Tinnion and Phil Weaver have produced a video called Breakthrough 2000 outlining their scheme.
section
▪ A fourth section outlines conclusions and recommendations.
▪ A final section outlines three policy and practice themes arising from recent research which could point the way ahead.
▪ In this section we outline some ways in which educational inequalities and the pursuit of educational equalities have been studied.
▪ In this section, we outline the main methods and findings in the United States.
strategy
▪ While not representing insurmountable obstacles to comparison, it is important to address these problems and outline the strategies for overcoming them.
▪ President Bush outlined his national energy strategy.
▪ A series of articles outlining this strategy of revolutionary quality rather than quantity was published in Nationalism Today throughout 1987.
theory
▪ An attempt to reunite both channels of thought has been made by Adam and Gibbs who have outlined a molecular kinetic theory.
▪ In what follows, I shall briefly outline the monist theory of relations.
▪ I outline this theory very briefly here.
▪ In this chapter, we have outlined the main theories which seek to explain the aggregate levels of consumption and investment.
view
▪ The board outlined its views in a letter to the Secretary of State for Education and Science.
▪ I outlined my views on both those subjects on 15 June 1990 in a 40-minute speech.
▪ Earlier in the chapter we outlined the various views on the relationship of gospel to culture.
▪ Businessmen outlined their views on future government policies when two General Election candidates visited the Belasis business centre, Billingham.
vision
▪ In typically robust style Sir John outlined his vision of the future.
▪ The documents and articles look towards more democratic forms of communication and outline a new vision for the 21st century.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Each member of staff received a letter outlining their responsibilities and duties.
▪ He declined to provide a copy of the report but agreed to outline its contents.
▪ The President outlined his peace plan for the Middle East.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A possible way of minimising this difficulty is outlined in the following section on more general formative assessment.
▪ Childhood insomnia is responsive to many of the suggestions outlined in this book.
▪ Plans outline where you want to go.
▪ Rosemary Verey, creator of Barnsley House in the Cotswolds outlined how to turn his looming hemlocks into topiary.
▪ The picture can then be outlined using seeds - peppers, coriander, melon, etc.
▪ This essay outlines the uses of comparative history as well as Mill's methods of agreement and difference.
▪ We conclude by outlining likely future developments in residential child care.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outline
Outline \Out"line`\, n.
The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
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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.
--Dryden.
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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.
--Tennyson.Syn: Sketch; draught; delineation. See Sketch.
Outline
Outline \Out"line`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlined; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
outline
outline
1790, "to draw in outline," from outline (n.). Meaning "to describe in general terms" is from 1855. Related: Outlined; outlining.
Wiktionary
outline
n. 1 A line marking the boundary of an object figure. 2 The outer shape of an object or figure. 3 A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading. 4 A general description of some subject. 5 A statement summarize the important points of a text. 6 A preliminary plan for a project. 7 (qualifier: film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment. vb. (lb en transitive) To draw an outline of something.
WordNet
outline
n. the line that appears to bound an object [syn: lineation]
a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn: synopsis, abstract, precis]
v. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" [syn: sketch, adumbrate]
draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" [syn: draft]
Wikipedia
Outline (list)
An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure. It is used to present the main points or topics of a given subject, often used as a rough draft or summary of the content of a document. Preparation of an outline is an intermediate step in the process of writing a scholarly research paper, literature review, thesis or dissertation. A special kind of outline (integrated outline) incorporates scholarly sources into the outline before the writing begins.
Writers of fiction and creative nonfiction, such as Jon Franklin, may use outlines to establish plot sequence, character development and dramatic flow of a story, sometimes in conjunction with free writing.
Merriam-Webster's manual for writers and editors (1998, p. 290) recommends that the section headings of an article should, when read in isolation, combine to form an outline of the article content. Garson (2002) distinguishes a 'standard outline', presented as a regular table of contents from a refined tree-like 'hierarchical outline', stating that "such an outline might be appropriate, for instance, when the purpose is taxonomic (placing observed phenomena into an exhaustive set of categories). ... hierarchical outlines are rare in quantitative writing, and the researcher is well advised to stick to the standard outline unless there are compelling reasons not to."
Outline
Outline may refer to:
- Outline (list), a document summary, in hierarchical list format. A type of tree structure
- Outline (software), a note-taking application for iOS and OS X
- Outline drawing, a sketch depicting the outer edges of a person or object, without interior details or shading
- Outline typeface, in typography
- The Outline, an experimental band from the US
- "Outlines" (song), a 2014 song by Mike Mago and Dragonette
- Outlines Festival, an annual one-day music festival held in Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Outline, the representation of a word in shorthand
- Outline Records, record label founded by Jane Ira Bloom
Outline (software)
Outline is a note-taking application, available on iOS and OS X platforms. It is being developed by Gorillized Corporation, specializing in Productivity and Business apps for Apple devices. The distinguishing features of Outline are design, hierarchy, free placement of notes as in a paper notebook, support of various types of content (text, images, inks, tags, web-content, etc.), synchronization options and Microsoft OneNote compatibility.
Usage examples of "outline".
The screen blazed white again and then faded to the original map of the United States, outlined in blue upon black, red affiliate points twinkling, white lines leading to New York.
The ghostly outlines of cask racks appeared along the ambulatory, and she began to see that her only hope of salvation lay in clinging to her true identity.
To the east, dimmed by the fulvous cloud the hamsters send up, is the vivid verdant ragged outline of the annularly overfertilized forests of what used to be central Maine.
The only way to be infected is to come into direct contact with anthrax spores through one of the ways outlined below.
Velikovsky does not mention how close to the Sun Venus is supposed to have passed, but a very close passage compounds the already extremely grave collision physics difficulties outlined in Appendix 1.
In its centre reared a crimson phallus, outlined in blue ink, ballocks dangling beneath, inscribed with the initials G A.
The broadest part of Moor Fields, directly before Bedlam, had been outlined with a quadrilateral, and striped with a St.
Lady Bellamy could discern every detail of its outline clearly marked by the wet patches on the sheet which was thrown loosely over it.
In her wardrobe there are invariably a lot of sheer muslins, voiles and wash silks in white, mauve, greys, pinks, or delicate stripes, the outline following the fashion, voluminous, straight or clinging, the bodice tight with trimmings inset or full, beruffled, or kerchiefed.
He thought of her as his last fleeting glimpse had shown her, beautiful, not with the blossomy prettiness that passes away with the spring sunshine, but with a rich vitality of which noble outlines and winning expression were only the natural accidents.
Maia took long, shuddering gasps as blurry shapes congealed into silhouettes and finally soot-streaked faces, starkly outlined by swaying bulbs.
Morton wanted, as Bray suavely outlined it, was information about the Diamondian peace delegation.
Against this tapestry of living light the jagged contours of the pyramids stood out in dark outline, and as any thoughtful individual might do, I mused upon the vanity of human aspiration and the brevity of human passions.
The right-hand side of the drawing illustrates the foundation outline, the left-hand side a frontal view as if seen from a tall oak, though Brill stands in the middle of a depression between the hills, empty except for the sorcerer and his players, and the heaps of stone on the south side.
On the cover was the stenciled outline of a fire extinguisher spitting bullets through its nozzle.