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Definition of Outline
1. Noun. The line that appears to bound an object.
Generic synonyms: Bound, Boundary, Bounds
Specialized synonyms: Coastline, Silhouette, Skyline
Derivative terms: Line, Line
2. Verb. Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of. "Outline his ideas"
Generic synonyms: Depict, Describe, Draw
Specialized synonyms: Block Out
Derivative terms: Sketch, Sketch
3. Noun. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
Generic synonyms: Sum-up, Summary
Specialized synonyms: Brief, Apercu, Epitome
Derivative terms: Abstract, Precis, Synoptic
4. Verb. Draw up an outline or sketch for something. "Did he outline his major works over a short period of time?"; "Draft a speech"
Category relationships: Authorship, Composition, Penning, Writing
Generic synonyms: Compose, Indite, Pen, Write
Derivative terms: Draft, Drafter, Drafting
5. Noun. A schematic or preliminary plan.
Generic synonyms: Plan, Program, Programme
Derivative terms: Schematic, Schematize, Schematic, Schematize, Scheme
6. Verb. Trace the shape of.
Specialized synonyms: Lipstick, Contour
Generic synonyms: Draw
Derivative terms: Delineation, Delineation, Delineative
Definition of Outline
1. n. The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
2. v. t. To draw the outline of.
Definition of Outline
1. Noun. A line marking the boundary of an object figure. ¹
2. Noun. The outer shape of an object or figure. ¹
3. Noun. A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading. ¹
4. Noun. A general description of some subject. ¹
5. Noun. A statement summarizing the important points of a text. ¹
6. Noun. A preliminary plan of a project. ¹
7. Noun. (qualifier film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To draw an outline of something. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To summarize something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outline
1. to indicate the main features or different parts of [v -LINED, -LINING, -LINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outline
Literary usage of Outline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1890)
"Publications issued since the 15th July, 1890. 1-inch—General Map :— ENGLAND AHD
WALES: New Serifs. Sheet No. 80 (outline), Barton-on-Humber, ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1921)
"outline, QUESTIONS, AND SUGGESTIONS BY CLARENCE E. ACKLEY Instructor in English,
... outline I. The Time. n. The Places. IH. The Characters. IV. ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1921)
"outline Study of Cooper's "The Spy" outline STUDY No. ... FIRST READING: outline
of the Narrative; Study of the text. SECOND READING: Construction of the ..."
4. The Art of Debate by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1900)
"give this help if he has not prepared an outline for himself. The outline, then,
will put into visible form the results of analysis. ..."
5. The Art of Debate by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1900)
"give this help if he has not prepared an outline for himself. ... Analysis will
have determined Fom of ^e one or two principal points to be outline. proved; ..."
6. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1906)
"outline OF THE STORY Antonio, the Merchant, has a strange mood of sadness upon
him, and three of his friends are bending their wits to play it off. ..."
7. The Supervision of Instruction by Hubert Wilbur Nutt (1920)
"Criticizing the work of the teacher outline form for notes. ... The following
outline is suggestive of the points that might well be included in such a ..."
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