blueprint
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈbluːprɪnt/
- Archaic
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- You'll have to submit reports, blueprints, and plans to the usual committees through the usual channels.
- blueprint of the building
- create a blueprint
- draw blueprints
It was really hard to find accurate blueprints or pictures of the tower.
- It was really hard to find accurate blueprints or pictures of the tower.
- The drawing displayed a very intricate blueprint of three bodies hidden inside a brick cube.
Examples
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The connection between the blueprint and the building is one of craft alone.
Academic text (2000) -
Those look like engineering schematics, almost like blueprints.
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I was grateful for her careful eye and used her report as a blueprint for my revision.
Academic text (2009) -
An architect can not only read the blueprint, the architect can actually change the blueprint.
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Back in the truck, Jesse dropped the blueprints behind the seat as he got in.
Fiction book (1994) -
Embedded in it were links to maps, blueprints of the area.
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I'm looking at the blueprints, and it says that when this house was first built, this main house and the garage weren't connected.
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Jesse got Coldwater's blueprints from his truck and spread them out on his desk.
Fiction book (1994) -
For engineers of the future, those TIFs, PDFs, or blueprints might not contain vital manufacturing information.
Academic text (2005) -
The architect reviewed the blueprint before starting the construction of the new building.
Synonyms
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2.8
A plan or drawing that shows how something will look and work
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2.5
A detailed drawing that shows the design of a building
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3.9
A detailed drawing that shows the size, design, and layout of a building
A printed copy of a drawing with blue lines for checking before final printing
A drawing that shows exact positions and measurements for building work
Compounds
- Archaic
1
5.8
Paper used to make blueprints that show white lines on a blue background
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Etymology
The word blueprint comes from an old copying method that made white lines on blue paper, so it is literally blue + print ('a copy'). That's why a blueprint is a technical drawing used by architects and engineers.