OUTLINE


Meaning of OUTLINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ aʊtlaɪn ]

( 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

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