English Online Dictionary. What means outline? What does outline mean?
English
Etymology
From out + line.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʊtlaɪn/
Noun
outline (plural outlines)
- 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.
- (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- (fishing) A setline or trotline.
Translations
See also
- silhouette
Verb
outline (third-person singular simple present outlines, present participle outlining, simple past and past participle outlined)
- (transitive) To draw an outline of.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
- Synonym: reverse inline
- Coordinate term: inline
Translations
Anagrams
- elution, line out, line-out, lineout