First, I'm going to do an outline of my new website.
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Outline
//ˈaʊtlaɪn//
Synonyms for "outline" (280 found)
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Closest matches (56)
delineatedraftsketchabbreviationabbreviatureabregeabridgeabridgmentabstractadumbrateadumbrationalphabetapercuarticlebasicsblockblock inblock outblueprintborder
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boundboundariesboundaryboundsbournsbriefbring to lifebroad linesbrouilloncapsulecapsulizecartooncatalogcatalogue raisonnecauseriechalk outcharactercharacterizechartcircuitcircumferencecircumscriptioncompasscompendcompendiumconceptioncondensationcondensecondensed versionconfigurationconfinesconformationconspectuscontour
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (84)
coordinatescopycortexcoveringcrustdefinedelineationdepictdescantdescribedesigndetaildiagramdigestdiscoursediscussiondisquisitiondissertationdraughtdraughtsman
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draughtydrawdrawingebaucheechoedgeedgeselementselevationenumerateenunciateenvelopeepidermisepitomeepitomizeesquisseessayetchetudeevokeexaminationexcursusexpositionexpressexteriorexternalfacadefacefacetfeaturefeaturesfigurationfigurefirst approachfirst principlesfirst stepsfootprintformframeworkfringefringesfrontgalbegestaltgive words togrammargraphground planheadhemhit the high spotshomilyhornbookhouse planichnographyinductionintegumentintroductory studyitemizelay outlayoutlimitations
Related words (140)
limitslimnlinelineamentslineationlineslucubrationmain featuresmapmarchesmarginmemoirmetesmetes and boundsmonographmorceaunotenumbernutshellouter face
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outer layerouter sideouter skinoutlinesoutsideoutskirtsoverviewpaintpalepandectpaperparagraphparametersparsepatternperimeterperipherypicturepieceplanplotportrayprecispreliminary studyprimerprincipiaprinciplesprofileprogrammeprojectprojectionprolegomenonproposalprospectusprotocolrecapitulationreflectionreflexreliefrenderrepresentresearch paperresolveresumereviewrimrindroughrough inrough outrubricrudimentsrun-downscanscenarioscheduleschemaschematizeschemescreedset forthshadowshapeshapesshellshortenshortened versionsilhouetteskeletonsketch outskinskirtskirtsskylinespecial articlestakestoryboardstudysuggestsummarizesummarysuperficiessuperstratumsurfacesurroundsurveysyllabussynopsissynopsizetabletable of contentstellterm paperthemethesisthumbnail sketchtoptopical outlinetournuretracetracttractatetreatisetreatmentvergevergesworking drawingwrite
Verb(5 words)
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15 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
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3 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
159 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- περιγραφή noun (general description of some subject)
- περιγράφω verb (to draw an outline of something)
Arabic
2 entries- اِخْتَصَرَ verb (to draw an outline of something)
- لَخَّصَ verb (to draw an outline of something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- контур noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- очерта́ние noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- план noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- проект noun (preliminary plan of a project)
Catalan
4 entries- contorn noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- esborrany noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- esbós noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
- resum noun (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 輪廓 /轮廓 noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- 輪廓 /轮廓 noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
Czech
1 entries- obrys noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Danish
2 entries- kontur noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- omrids noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Dutch
1 entries- omtrek noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
Esperanto
1 entries- konturo noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
Finnish
4 entries- hahmotelma noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- juoni noun ((film industry) a prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay)
- suuntaviivat noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- yhteenveto noun (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
French
4 entries- aperçu noun (general description of some subject)
- contour noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- esquisse noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
- résumé noun (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
German
4 entries- Beschreibung noun (general description of some subject)
- Entwurf noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- Kontur noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- Konturenzeichnung noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
Hebrew
4 entries- מתאר noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- קו מתאר noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- תוואי noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- תמצית noun (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
Hungarian
4 entries- körvonal noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- körvonal noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- körvonal noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- vázlat noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
Icelandic
1 entries- útlínur noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Italian
4 entries- bozza noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- contorno noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- contorno noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- descrizione noun (general description of some subject)
Japanese
4 entries- あらまし noun ((film industry) a prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay)
- 中抜き noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- 主旨 noun (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
- 外形 noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
Kazakh
1 entries- сұлба noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
Latin
1 entries- adumbrātiō noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Māori
4 entries- hua noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- hua noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- hua noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
- huahua verb (to draw an outline of something)
Occitan
1 entries- contorn noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چوره noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Persian
1 entries- شمای کلی noun (general description of some subject)
Polish
4 entries- abrys noun (preliminary plan of a project)
- konspekt noun (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
- kontur noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- kontur noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
Portuguese
4 entries- contorno noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- contorno noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- esboço noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
- esboço noun (preliminary plan of a project)
Romanian
3 entries- contur noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- contur noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- schiță noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
Russian
4 entries- ко́нтур noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- ко́нтур noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- набро́сок noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
- очерта́ние noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Scots
1 entries- ootline noun (general description of some subject)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- konturirati verb (to draw an outline of something)
- ocrtati verb (to draw an outline of something)
- opisati verb (to summarize something)
Spanish
4 entries- balotario noun (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
- boceto noun (general description of some subject)
- boceto noun (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
- contorno noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Swedish
2 entries- kantlinje noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- kontur noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
Tagalog
4 entries- balangkas noun (line marking the boundary of an object figure)
- balangkas noun (outer shape of an object or figure)
- balangkas noun (sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
- balangkas noun (general description of some subject)
Ukrainian
4 entries- обрисо́вувати verb (to draw an outline of something)
- обрисува́ти verb (to draw an outline of something)
- окре́слити verb (to draw an outline of something)
- окре́слювати verb (to draw an outline of something)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The question here is one of creating the framework with which we can outline the social trend.
Source: tatoeba (61976)
He sketches the outline of the machine.
Source: tatoeba (290668)
He gave me a brief outline of the plan.
Source: tatoeba (295721)
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