Synonym: chart, contour, diagram, draft, drawing, pattern, plan, profile, skeleton, sketch. Similar words: the front line, unsettling, line, line up, in line, online, decline, airline. Meaning: ['aʊtlaɪn] 
n. 1. the line that appears to bound an object 2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory 3. a schematic or preliminary plan. v. 1. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of 2. draw up an outline or sketch for something 3. trace the shape of.
n. 1. the line that appears to bound an object 2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory 3. a schematic or preliminary plan. v. 1. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of 2. draw up an outline or sketch for something 3. trace the shape of. 
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181 Ask the sales assistant to outline the features of any tent before you buy.
182 The book begins with a brief outline of the history of modern China.
183 This species looks rather like a bun, but not highly convex, and with a five-sided outline.sentencedict.com
184 Then, to our left, the outline of a tree rose out of the gloomy fog surrounding it.
185 The early chapters give a basic knowledge of nucleic acid metabolism and chemistry, with an outline of elementary genetics.
186 An outline of the current national economic strategy is provided by the Minister of Industry and Commerce.
187 An outline of the geology has been given in the field guide.
188 The crystal was no more than a glimmering outline in the darkness.
189 So who had the chalk outline around their corpse on Tuesday night?
190 I had already begun an outline for another book and for that I needed some local colour in an Eastern bloc country.
191 For a self-evaluation, write a detailed outline with three sections: your current responsibilities, your strengths, your weaknesses.
192 As night fell, the outline of the mountain became less distinct.
193 It is recommended that an outline of the final research report format be placed at the very end of the research proposal.
194 These brief examples are given, in bare outline, to indicate some possible procedures.
195 Poplar leaves have an elegant outline resembling that of an arab minaret.
196 The next step is to lay out the deck outline on the ground on which it is being built.
197 Can you give me a broad outline of what the speech was about.
198 The hon. Gentleman should be ashamed of the lip service that he has paid to employment by continuing to outline such policies.
199 The club have submitted an application for outline planning permission to Glasgow District Council following extensive feasibility studies.
200 He looked hard at the outline of the body under the rug.
201 The irreducibility thesis, in its general outline, might be summed up thus.
202 What follows is therefore only a brief outline, with a closer examination of certain areas.
203 After a quick outline of what each type of program lets you do, I list some uses to whet your appetite.
204 The outline should include phonemic contrastive charts of the consonants and vowels.
205 This is where the counsellor can briefly outline the agendas, leaving the counsellee in little doubt as to his or her intentions.
206 Then he felt along to a door frame and followed its outline until he found a light-switch.
207 Then his outline moved upright, a jarring elastic shape like cartoon smoke gone mad.
208 That is the bare outline of the Pilmay and Scott story, a tale that could be told in much more detail.
209 The knack of outline planting is to arrange a selection of these shapes in groups that are pleasing to the eye.
210 This outline is fairly abstract, consisting of oval shapes connected by narrow passages.
More similar words: the front line, unsettling, line, line up, in line, online, decline, airline, headline, gasoline, deadline, guideline, in line with, outlet, burst out laughing, link, call in, cling, blink, deal in, ruling, roll in, link up, clinic, pull in, fill in, all in all, fine, pine, ceiling.