OUTLINE meaning: Summary of main ideas, structure

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word Outline:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

outline: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outline: Merriam-Webster
outline: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
outline: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
outline: Collins English Dictionary
outline: Vocabulary.com
Outline, outline: Wordnik
outline: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
outline: Wiktionary
outline: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
outline: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
outline: Infoplease Dictionary
Outline, outline: Dictionary.com
outline: Online Etymology Dictionary
outline: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Outline (hierarchical), Outline (list), Outline (note-taking software), Outline (novel), Outline (software), Outline (summary), Outline, The Outline (band), The Outline (website), The Outline: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Outline: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
outline: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
outline: Rhymezone
outline: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
outline: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
outline: FreeDictionary.org
outline: Mnemonic Dictionary
outline: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)

ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

outline: Legal dictionary
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

outline: Encyclopedia

Science (3 matching dictionaries)

Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
Outline: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

outline: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
Embroidery Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (outline)

▸ noun:  A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
▸ noun:  The outer shape of an object or figure.
▸ noun:  A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
▸ noun:  A general description of some subject.
▸ noun:  A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
▸ noun:  A preliminary plan for a project.
▸ noun:  (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
▸ noun:  (fishing) A setline or trotline.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To draw an outline of.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To summarize.
▸ verb:  (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.

Similar:

limn, frame, draw, delineate, sketch, draft, trace, draw up, chalk out, compose, more...

Opposite:

fill, detail, elaborate, expand, complete

Types:

decimal, alphanumeric, full sentence, topic, chronological, spatial, cause and effect, more...

Phrases:

the outline, outline form, outline map, outline drawing, outline maps, more...

Adjectives:

general, brief, broad, rough, irregular, basic, bare, clear, detailed, dim, faint

Colors:

black, white, gray, silver, gold, more...