layout

[ley-out]

noun

1. an arrangement or plan.

   We objected to the layout of the house.

2. the act of laying or spreading out.

3. a plan or sketch, as of an advertisement or a page of a newspaper or magazine, indicating the arrangement and relationship of the parts, as of type and artwork.

4. (in advertising, publishing, etc.) the technique, process, or occupation of making layouts.

5. Journalism.,  spread.

6. Informal.,  a place, as of residence or business, and the features that go with it; a setup.

   a fancy layout with a swimming pool and a tennis court.

7. Informal.,  a display or spread, as of dishes at a meal.

8. a collection or set of tools, implements, or the like.

9. Cards.,  an arrangement of cards dealt according to a given pattern, as in solitaire.

10. Diving, Gymnastics.,  a body position in which one is fully extended and arched backward, with the legs together and straight, the head thrown back, and the arms extended sideways.

Word History and Origins

Origin of layout¹

1840–50, noun use of verb phrase lay out

Example Sentences

Architecturally, Suntory, though in what was a still untraditional so-called “vineyard” layout for the seating, is more conventional than Gehry’s radical Disney.

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For Lando and Oscar, there's no problem in terms of track layout coming in the next four races.

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Consider the layout of the house and the bus stop and see if there is a future risk of trespassing, even if unintentional.

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He said he had been driving in the UK for four years before the collision, but had not read the Highway Code, and was unfamiliar with the road layout in central Bedford.

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Planning consultants working for the Chinese embassy had replied that China "does not consider that, as a matter of principle, it is necessary or appropriate to provide full internal layout plans".

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