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to blueprint

to blueprint

1 4.4
To make a detailed plan for something
  • verb
  • /ˈbluːprɪnt/
translation icon : planificar
  • The shape of this new order cannot now be blueprinted.

So the first is that he says there's no reason to believe a blueprinted world will be any better than the world in which we live.

Examples

  • The next RBW will be someone who makes some sense out of the "system engineering" that is blueprinted by the human genome.

    Blog text (27)

  • How long would it take the cops to blueprint a plan, a dome, to encase our prison and yard?

    Fiction book (1997)

  • If all I did was blueprint my business so I understand what was what and discover what's missing...

    Blog text (33)

  • You're just trying to blueprint a future.

    Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

  • Just give me a week to creep up on them and I'll blueprint the Jap positions.

    In Harm's Way (1965)

  • They punted it to HHS to blueprint and develop all the policies and procedures as they wish.

    Blog text (13)

  • Balanced and blueprinted.

    Hooper (1978)

  • The symbolic learning theory suggests that imagery facilitates performance by helping athletes to blueprint or code their movements into symbolic components, which make the movements more familiar and perhaps more automatic (Vealey, 1986).

    Academic text (1991)

  • The architect will blueprint the new building to ensure every detail is accounted for.

  • Before starting the project, they need to blueprint their goals and strategies.

Synonyms

to project
vsto blueprint
142 3.4

To estimate what will happen in the future

involves making a concrete detailed design rather than merely imagining possibilities
to draft
vsto blueprint
138 3.7

To make an early version of a document or plan

is a finished detailed plan rather than an early rough version
to frame
vsto blueprint
132 3.9

To make the main structure and details of a plan or idea

builds a full design with more complete detail than a basic structure
to formulate
vsto blueprint
59 4.5

To create and describe an idea, plan, or theory clearly

focuses on creating a full detailed design rather than only stating ideas
to map
vsto blueprint
36 3.7

To plan the steps of something carefully

aims at creating a comprehensive design rather than only listing steps
to map out
vsto blueprint
  • Informal
34 3.7

Plan something carefully in detail before doing it

focuses on producing a full design rather than only sequencing steps
to predesign
vsto blueprint
  • Specialized
1 6.3

To make an early plan or drawing before the main work begins

is used later as the detailed finalized design rather than a preliminary sketch

Compounds

blueprint paper
  • Archaic
1 5.8

Paper used to make blueprints that show white lines on a blue background

How Detailed

to specify
118 3.5
to blueprint
1 4.4
plan
∞ 1.0
draft
  • Specialized
245 3.7
to sketch
27 3.6

Surface Forms

blueprint infinitive
blueprinted past
blueprinted past participle
blueprinting present participle
blueprints third person singular

Etymology

To blueprint something means to make a detailed plan, and this verb comes from the practice of creating blueprints as precise, ready-to-follow drawings for buildings and machines.