outline

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English

An outline of an ankylosaurus.

Etymology

out +‎ line

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaʊtlaɪn/, X-SAMPA: /"aUtlaIn/

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Noun

outline (plural outlines)

1. A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
2. The outer shape of an object or figure.
3. A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
4. A general description of some subject.
5. A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
6. A preliminary plan of a project.
7. (film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.

Translations

line marking the boundary of an object figure

• Czech: obrys (cs) m
• Finnish: ääriviiva (fi)
• French: contour (fr) m
• German: Umriss (de) m, Kontur (de)
• Hungarian: körvonal (hu)
• Italian: contorno (it)

• Japanese: (type of lettering form) 中抜き (ja) (uwatsuki)
• Portuguese: contorno (pt) m
• Russian: контур (ru) (kóntur) m, очертание (ru) (očertánije) n
• Spanish: contorno (es)
• Swedish: kontur (sv) c, kantlinje (sv) c

outer shape of an object or figure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輪廓 (cmn), 轮廓 (cmn) (lúnkuò)

• Dutch: omtrek (nl)
• Finnish: ääriviiva (fi)
• French: silhouette (fr) f
• German: Umriss (de) m

• Hungarian: körvonal (hu)
• Italian: contorno (it)
• Japanese: 外形 (ja) (gaikei) , 輪郭 (ja) (rinkaku) (in drawing art)
• Portuguese: contorno (pt) m
• Russian: контур (ru) (kóntur) m, очертание (ru) (očertánije) n
• Spanish: contorno (es)

sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輪廓 (cmn), 轮廓 (cmn) (lúnkuò)

• Finnish: hahmotelma (fi)
• French: esquisse (fr) f

• Hungarian: vázlat (hu)
• Japanese: 輪郭描写 (ja) (rinkaku-byōsha)
• Russian: набросок (ru) (nabrósok) m
• Spanish: esbozo (es) m

general description of some subject

• Finnish: yleiskuvaus (fi)
• French: aperçu (fr) m

• Japanese: 概略 (ja) (gairyaku), 概要 (ja) (gaiyō)
• Portuguese: resumo (pt) m
• Scots: ootline

statement summarizing the important points of a text

• Finnish: yhteenveto (fi)
• French: résumé (fr) m

• Japanese: 主旨 (ja) (shushi), 要旨 (ja) (yōshi)
• Portuguese: resumo (pt) m

preliminary plan of a project

• Finnish: hahmotelma (fi), suuntaviivat (fi) pl
• French: ébauche (fr) f

• Hungarian: körvonal (hu)
• Japanese: 概要 (ja) (gaiyō)

(film industry) a prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay

• Finnish: juoni (fi)
• French: synopsis (fr) m and f

• Japanese: あらまし (ja) (aramashi), 荒筋 (ja) (あらすじ, arasuji), 粗筋 (ja) (あらすじ, arasuji)

See also

• silhouette

Verb

outline (third-person singular simple present outlines, present participle outlining, simple past and past participle outlined)

1. (transitive) To draw an outline of something.
2. (transitive) To summarize something.

Translations

to draw an outline of something

• Finnish: hahmotella (fi)
• French: entourer (fr)

• Hungarian: körvonalaz (hu)
• Russian: очерчивать (ru) (očérčivat’) impf., очертить (ru) (očertít’) pf.

to summarize something

• Finnish: vetää yhteen (fi)
• Hungarian: körvonalaz (hu)

• Russian: описывать (ru) (opísyvat’) impf., описать (ru) (opisát’) pf. (в общих чертах - v óbščix čertáx)

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Translations to be checked

• French: esquisser (1), résumer (2)

Anagrams

• elution
• lineout, line-out