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outliner

outliner

1 5.4
A person who makes a list of main points to plan a document or project
  • noun
  • /ˈaʊtˌlaɪnər/
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  • I've been longing to become a plotter, a header, and an outliner, but I hate the whole outlining methodology.

I used to love the very end, not because you were reaching the end, but because I'm not an outliner.

Examples

  • Outliners figure out what they want to say by doing the outline.

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  • And what I've discovered, sadly, is that I am neither a Pantser nor an Outliner.

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  • I must be an Outliner, I thought.

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  • I'm just curious if this is best for someone who creates better, as I said above, than an outliner.

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  • As an experienced writer, she became an expert outliner to effectively organize her speeches.

  • The outliner helped the team structure their presentation clearly before the meeting.

  • By using an outliner, he was able to plan his essay in a logical order.

Surface Forms

outliner singular
outliners plural

Morphology

outliner = outline (transparent) = out + line + er

This is a regular agent noun meaning 'one who outlines'.

Etymology

Outliner comes from out- ('outside') and line plus -er meaning 'one who', like in writer. An outliner is a person who draws the main lines of a plan or text, so they help organize and plan a document, speech, or project.