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blueprint
A blueprint is defined as a copy of a building or engineering plan, reproduced with white lines on a blue background, or detailed plan of action.
(noun)An example of a blueprint is a construction worker's diagram of building plans for a new home.
The definition of blueprint means to make a copy of a building plan, or to make a detailed plan.
(verb)An example of blueprint is to draw a to scale a home that is to be built and then photocopy the drawing using the blueprint process.
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See blueprint in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a photographic reproduction in white on a blue background, as of architectural or engineering plans
- any exact or detailed plan or outline
transitive verb
to make a blueprint of
See blueprint in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A contact print of a drawing or other image rendered as white lines on a blue background, especially such a print of an architectural plan or technical drawing. Also called cyanotype.
- A mechanical drawing produced by any of various similar photographic processes, such as one that creates blue or black lines on a white background.
- A detailed plan of action. See Synonyms at plan.
- A model or prototype.
- To make a blueprint of.
- To lay a plan for.
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