blueprint

[ bloo-print ]

/ ˈbluˌprɪnt /

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noun

a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.

a print made by this process.

a detailed outline or plan of action: a blueprint for success.

verb (used with object)

to make a blueprint of or for.

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Origin of blueprint

First recorded in 1885–90; blue + print

OTHER WORDS FROM blueprint

blueprinter, noun

Words nearby blueprint

blue pike, blue pill, blue plate, bluepoint, blue pointer, blueprint, blueprinting, blue racer, blue-red, blue riband, blue ribbon

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How to use blueprint in a sentence

This is really a blueprint for what future mobility partnerships can look like.
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Nature has already given us a genetic blueprint for healthy longevity.
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Maciej Boni, an epidemiologist at Penn State, and his colleagues examined the genetic blueprints of the new coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, and 67 related viruses.
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The team reconstructed nearly complete genetic blueprints of four of the 11 ancient viruses, which reveal that the Viking-era strains belong to a now-extinct group of variola viruses.
Ancient DNA suggests Vikings may have been plagued by smallpox|Erin Garcia de Jesus|July 24, 2020|Science News

A sitemap is essentially a blueprint of your website that helps search engines find, crawl and index your website’s content.
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Senator Rob Portman of Ohio has put together a plan that would serve well as a blueprint.
What the GOP Will Do If It Wins Congress|Stuart Stevens|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After passing through an iron door with a round crank, a small blueprint marks the official entrance into the secret shelter.
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We create imagined relationships with stars to form the blueprint of who we want to be.
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The New York Times characterized it as "more of an attempt to test the waters than a blueprint for action."
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The EPA rules issued Monday are largely modeled on a March 2013 blueprint from the NRDC, which Doniger helped to write.
EPA’s New Regulations to Cut Carbon Emissions Are Obamacare for the Air|Jason Mark|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I saw a blueprint spread on a foreman's desk as I walked past.
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Mun, who'd need no blueprint to tell him where Harky had gone, would also take the shortest path to Willow Brook.
The Duck-footed Hound|James Arthur Kjelgaard
Rapid Dominance is still a concept and a work in progress, not a final road map or blueprint.
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He laid his hand on his wife's arm, and drawing her toward a table spread out the blueprint before her.
The Fruit of the Tree|Edith Wharton
As Mammy appeared at the door Eleanor was bending over a great blueprint plan which she had spread upon the floor.
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British Dictionary definitions for blueprint

blueprint

/ (ˈbluːˌprɪnt) /

noun

Also called: cyanotype a photographic print of plans, technical drawings, etc, consisting of white lines on a blue background

an original plan or prototype that influences subsequent design or practicethe Montessori method was the blueprint for education in the 1940s

verb

(tr) to make a blueprint of (a plan)

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