outline
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈaʊtlaɪn/
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contorno
- Drummond, too, was beginning to see the outline of a pattern, but there were too many unknowns.
- trace the outline
- draw an outline
- sketch an outline
He sees the outline of what he thought was Jesus.
- He sees the outline of what he thought was Jesus.
- Is that sort of the chalk outline around it right now?
- Let's try and get a really good outline with a nice red, shall we?
- Well, this you can see the outline of the corpse because of what you're not told.
Examples
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Our hopes were realized when the outline of four bottles emerged from the sand.
Academic text (2011) -
Her fingers lifted to trace the outline of the leather bag around her neck.
Fiction book (1992) -
And you can see the outline of where the "R" used to be.
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About five feet long, it had the general outline of a human figure.
Academic text (1991) -
What this is telling us is that this white outline here represents the entire page.
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We can see the outline of the rocket.
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The American left behind only a few scattered haciendas and the rough outline of imagined streets.
Fiction book (1992) -
There, moving along the pens toward the mare, was the outline of his father.
Fiction book (1991) -
The artist carefully drew the outline of the mountain before adding details.
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In the dark, we could only see the outline of the tree against the sky.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Outer part of an object that forms a border, often sharp
475
1.0
The visible form of a thing or person
232
3.1
A line or fence that marks the edge of an area and separates it from another
224
1.1
An edge around something like a picture or rug used to make it look nicer
79
3.4
A side view showing the shape of something, for example a face or a cross section
63
4.2
A dark shape of a person or thing against a light background
31
4.0
The outer edge of a place or area, often away from the center
27
6.5
The outer edge of an area, group, or idea
21
4.5
Shape or outline of something that shows its main parts
2
3.1
A line that shows the edge between two areas
1
3.7
A strong clear line in drawing or painting that shows shape and makes parts stand out
The shape of something seen from above, for example a wing or building
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outline comes from the words out ('outside') and line ('a mark or border'). An outline is the 'outside line' that shows the shape or edge of an object.