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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
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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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