outline
/ˈaʊtlaɪn/ sustantivo B2En español: contorno, delineación, delineamento, delineamiento
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- A general description of some subject.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- A preliminary plan for a project. · the outline of a speech
- A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- A setline or trotline.
Plural outlines
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The man from the West, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career.
We examined it very carefully, but found no outline of any footmark.”
The shadow of a man who was seated in a chair within was thrown in hard, black outline upon the luminous screen of the window.
Peering through the gloom, I saw the vague outline of a man, a shade blacker than the blackness of the open door.
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