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blueprint

/ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/noun, verb2 syllables

Blueprint means: something intended as a guide for making something else.

Synonyms for blueprint9

noun, as in something intended as a guide for making something else

verb, as in make a blueprint of

draft, draught

also used for blueprint

cyanotype, schematic, road map, action plan, layout

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What does blueprint mean?3

noun

1

something intended as a guide for making something else“a blueprint for a house”

2

photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.

verb

1

make a blueprint of

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Blueprint in a sentence

  • To test whether a structure is sound, do you look at the blueprint?rul
  • The spokesman explained the blueprint of the scheme to the press.unknown
  • The architect took out a clean blueprint and got to work.Teangloir
  • Their entire air defense is based on blueprints stolen from the west.frpzzd
  • Mick, let me see your blueprint for the Nelsons' detached house.Gutembsf
  • Make a blueprint of your house.AlanF_US
  • Scientists have decoded the genetic blueprint of the world's third most important food crop: the potato.Cangarejo
  • These measurements conform to the blueprints.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of blueprint

as a noun

plural
blueprints

as a verb

third-person singular
blueprints
present participle
blueprinting
past participle
blueprinted
past tense
blueprinted