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outlines

NOUN

plan, sketch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blueprint draft drawing framework summary synopsis

STRONG

diagram frame layout recapitulation rundown skeleton tracing

WEAK

bare facts floor plan ground plan main features rough draft rough idea résumé thumbnail sketch

Antonyms

WEAK

inside

NOUN

form, tracing of an object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

configuration contour shape

STRONG

conformation delineation figuration figure profile silhouette

Antonyms

WEAK

inside

VERB

sketch out; plan

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delineate describe draft lay out summarize

STRONG

adumbrate characterize chart paint plot recapitulate skeleton trace

WEAK

block out rough out skeletonize tell about

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the September 27, 2025, print edition as 'China’s Premier Outlines Deeper U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025

Outlines of the proposals have been sent to the key groups preparing the discussions over the last couple of weeks.

From Reuters • May 26, 2023

Outlines of the plan were relayed in phone calls and captured on the cockpit voice recorder, though many families will never know the specific roles their loved ones played.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Outlines are sharper, people are beautiful, all is possible.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2020

Outlines of me and JP at the museum form in the flames.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas