outline

[out·line]

The gist, the essence, the major parts of something that's its outline.

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The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

Noun
a schematic or preliminary plan

Noun
a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

Noun
the line that appears to bound an object

Verb
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"

Verb
trace the shape of

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Verb
draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

n.
The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

n.
In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.

n.
A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.

n.
Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.

v. t.
To draw the outline of.

v. t.
Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.

Outline

Out"line` , n. 1. (a) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour. (b) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated. (c) 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.

2. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.

But that larger grief . . . Is given in outline and no more.

Syn. -- Sketch; draught; delineation. See Sketch.

Outline

Out"line`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outlining.] 1. To draw the outline of. 2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

To draw the outline of.

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Usage Examples

What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.

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Other Usage Examples

When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.

The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction.