outline
owt lahyn
- n the line that appears to bound an object
- n a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- n a schematic or preliminary plan
- v describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch the outline of the book
outline his ideas - v draw up an outline or sketch for something
- v trace the shape of
- On the details of the plan, respondents remained supportive of many of the rough outlines of the health-reform effort as originally described by President Obama.
- Even the most wretched of logicians knows enough not to repeat the same term in both subject and definition ("art" "artistic outline").
- Here's a brief outline of how it's done: When the Pope dies, the head of the Sacred College of Cardinals, or Camerlengo, verifies the death.