BLUEPRINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blueprint mean?
• BLUEPRINT (noun)
The noun BLUEPRINT has 2 senses:
1. something intended as a guide for making something else
2. photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
Familiarity information: BLUEPRINT used as a noun is rare.
• BLUEPRINT (verb)
The verb BLUEPRINT has 1 sense:
1. make a blueprint of
Familiarity information: BLUEPRINT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLUEPRINT (noun)
Meaning:
Something intended as a guide for making something else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
blueprint; design; pattern
Context examples:
a blueprint for a house / a pattern for a skirt
Hypernyms ("blueprint" is a kind of...):
plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)
Meaning:
Photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blueprint" is a kind of...):
exposure; photo; photograph; pic (a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material)
• BLUEPRINT (verb)
Meaning:
Make a blueprint of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
blueprint; draught; draft
Hypernyms (to "blueprint" is one way to...):
design; plan (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
