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/ˈaʊtlˌaɪnd/ Listen

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 'Outlined'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Outlined" Quotes from Famous Books

... only briefly outlined the part which Marcus Stepney had played in her rescue, but she had said enough to make Jack call at Stepney's hotel to thank him in person. Mr. Stepney, however, was not at home—he had not been home all night, but this information ...

— The Angel of Terror • Edgar Wallace

... with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper ...

— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... Reproduction by the pupils, either immediately or in a subsequent lesson, should follow. Teachers, however, are advised not to insist on too much written reproduction, as that might very easily arouse a dislike for both history and written composition. Procedure as outlined above has had most gratifying results in the way of creating a liking for, and an intelligent interest ...

— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History • Ontario Ministry of Education

... representative government I have outlined, we would have one supreme or national assembly concerned with general interests, justice, taxation, education, the apportioning of revenue to its various uses, reserving to itself direct control over ...

— National Being - Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity • (A.E.)George William Russell

... course, prove that any such industrial and social transformation as is outlined in Looking Backward is impending; but they do show that, when the moral and economical conditions for it are ripe, it may be expected to go forward with great rapidity. On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness ...

— Looking Backward - 2000-1887 • Edward Bellamy

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