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blue·print
(blo͞o′prĭnt′)n.
1. A contact print of a drawing or other image rendered as white lines on a blue background, especially such a print of an architectural plan or technical drawing. Also called cyanotype.
2. A mechanical drawing produced by any of various similar photographic processes, such as one that creates blue or black lines on a white background.
3. A detailed plan of action. See Synonyms at plan.
4. A model or prototype.
tr.v. blue·print·ed, blue·print·ing, blue·prints
1. To make a blueprint of.
2. To lay a plan for.
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blueprint
(ˈbluːˌprɪnt)n
1. (Photography) Also called: cyanotype a photographic print of plans, technical drawings, etc, consisting of white lines on a blue background
2. an original plan or prototype that influences subsequent design or practice: the Montessori method was the blueprint for education in the 1940s.
vb
(tr) to make a blueprint of (a plan)
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blue•print
(ˈbluˌprɪnt)n.
1. a photographic print made by a process that produces white lines on a blue background, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings.
2. a detailed outline or plan of action.
3. a model; prototype.
v.t. 4. to make a blueprint of.
[1885–90]
blue′print`er, n.
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blueprint
Past participle: blueprinted
Gerund: blueprinting
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| Noun | 1. |  blueprint - something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" |
| 2. | blueprint - photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material | |
| Verb | 1. | blueprint - make a blueprint of |
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blueprint
noun
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blueprint
nounverb
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Translations
مُخَطَّطٌ تَفْصيلي
nákresplán
blåtryk
suunnitelma
tervrajz
áætlun, uppdráttur
modrák
ozalit kopya
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blue
(bluː) adjective1. of the colour of a cloudless sky. blue paint; Her eyes are blue.
2. sad or depressed. I'm feeling blue today.
noun1. the colour of a cloudless sky. That is a beautiful blue.
2. a blue paint, material etc. We'll have to get some more blue.
3. the sky or the sea. The balloon floated off into the blue.
ˈblueness nounˈbluish adjective
quite blue; close to blue. a bluish green.
ˈbluebottle noun a kind of large house-fly with a blue abdomen.
ˈbluecollar adjective (of workers) wearing overalls and working in factories etc. Blue collar workers are demanding the same pay as office staff.
ˈblueprint noun a detailed photographic plan of work to be carried out. the blueprints for a new aircraft.
once in a blue moon very seldom. He visits his mother once in a blue moon.
out of the blue without warning. He arrived out of the blue, without phoning first.
the blues low spirits; depression. He's got the blues today but he's usually cheerful.
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