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blueprint

/ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/

noun

Meaning

  • A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.

  • A print produced with this process.

  • (by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).

  • (by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

Synonyms

schematic,
layout,
plan,
road map,
schematic,
cyanotype,
schematic

verb

Meaning

  • To make a blueprint for.

    "The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off."

  • To make a detailed operational plan for.

    "They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation."