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Outlining

To draw an outline of.

📖 Definitions of "Outlining"

verb

1
To draw an outline of.
2
To summarize.
"Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Outlining"

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Word	Definition
delineateverb	To describe or depict with words or gestures.
limnverb	(transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.
sketchverb	(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.
draw upverb	(transitive) To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan.
drawverb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
composeverb	(transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
abstractverb	(transitive) To separate; to disengage.
synopsisnoun	(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
frameverb	(transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
describeverb	(transitive) To represent in words.
schemanoun	(databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
chalk outverb	(transitive, figurative) to make (plans); to sketch (something); to describe (a plan).
lineverb	(transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
traceverb	(transitive) To follow the trail of.
precisverb	Alternative form of précis. [to write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge]
adumbrateverb	(transitive) To foreshadow vaguely.
draftverb	(transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
roughverb	To create in an approximate form.
advisingnoun	(obsolete) Advice.
allegingnoun	allegation