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Meanings of outline in English

Portuguese
sinopse
Catalan
sinopsi

A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.

sinopse
Portuguese
projeto
Catalan
esquema
Spanish
esquema

A schematic or preliminary plan.

projeto
Synonyms
Examples for "abstract"
Examples for "abstract"
1
It was still distant, abstract: battles at sea thousands of miles off.
Iron Council
2
Part of the problem is that microformats are thus far very abstract.
Wired
3
Freedom -rather more complicated in the concrete than the abstract, yes?'
Orb Sceptre Throne
4
ITF's interest in Ireland's rescue services therefore is not an abstract thing.
The Irish Times
5
The idea of vegetation in general is too abstract to be primitive.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
1
The following synopsis of what I said was published in the papers:
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
2
Objective: To provide a synopsis of current haemophilia care in Hong Kong.
Pubmed
3
The film synopsis reads, High school best friends and science prodigies C.J.
Ebony
4
Able, delivered with more of a romantic story than a clinical synopsis.
Love is the best medicine: what two dogs taught one veterinarian...
5
From the synopsis of a Singapore play-justthe last scene or two:-
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 21, 1914
1
The following precis, though imperfect, will give some idea of the correspondence:
Hard Cash
2
You may have heard of them but here is a precis.
The Irish Times
3
In any case the precis begins with these illuminating sentences:
The Fight for the Republic in China
4
In precis, they make more mistakes if they get very cold, or very hot.
The Guardian
5
It is known by a variety of terms-summingup, resume, epitome, review, precis, condensation.
Public Speaking
Portuguese
criar um rascunho
Spanish
esquematizar

To bring information in fewer words; to describe roughly or briefly.

criar um rascunho
Portuguese
delinear
Catalan
delinear

To trace the shape of.

delinear
Usage of outline in English
1
The new industrial plan is due to outline investments, including new models.
Reuters
2
The outline of an agreement on debt is certainly easy to imagine.
The Guardian
3
Then he viewed the scheme in general outline and in remote detail.
A Mere Accident
4
Macron's government produced the broad outline of its pension plan in July.
The Guardian
5
He thought he saw the outline of a shape beginning to form.
The Magician
6
In doing so I will outline my proposals for the coming year.
The Irish Times
7
The list was followed by a rough outline of a business plan:
Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
8
So here I will outline reasons African Americans should consider voting Republican.
Ebony
9
The blue-ridge outline was as sharp and clear as a paper cutout.
The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
10
She couldn't see him clearly, but she saw his form and outline.
Impossible
11
Even listening to Diana outline the current situation hadn't lifted his spirits.
The Neutronium Alchemist
12
Such is the general outline of the story of the Tertiary Era.
The Story of Evolution
13
Such is the general outline of the mythic history of the Centaurs.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
14
It was dark; each could see only the outline of the other.
The Goose Man
15
Here we outline the Brexit outcomes that MPs could vote on: 1.
The Guardian
16
This is the broad outline of the situation across the Taiwan strait.
The Guardian
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Outline through the time
Outline across language varieties
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Common
United Kingdom
Common
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