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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : out-lahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌlaɪn



Definition of outline

Origin :
  • 1660s, "lines by which a figure is delineated," from out + line (v.). Meaning "rough draft in words" is from 1759.
  • noun plan, sketch
  • noun form, tracing of an object
  • verb sketch out; plan
Example sentences :
  • When Sidney saw the outline of the stable roof, she knew that it was dawn.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Dilly bent, and traced the outline of a leaf with her finger.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • She traced the outline of her left eyebrow, and put it right.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Let me take one example which may mark out the outline of the contention.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • They have length, and breadth, and outline: have they nothing to do with depth?
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • It is the nature of the thing, not the clearness of its outline, that determines its operation.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • It insisted on the outline which had probably been the starting-point of his conception.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Thus it was only for a few moments that I distinctly saw the outline of her figure.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • Round the bend came a trifling object, small, uncertain in its outline.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • But these are mainly in outline, with little attempt to achieve tones.
  • Extract from : « Why Bewick Succeeded » by Jacob Kainen

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