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BLUEPRINT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

Derivation:

blueprint (make a blueprint of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something intended as a guide for making something else

Example:

a pattern for a skirt

Synonyms:

blueprint; design; pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("blueprint" is a kind of...):

plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

Derivation:

blueprint (make a blueprint of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a blueprint of

Synonyms:

blueprint; draft; draught

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

Derivation:

blueprint (photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.)

blueprint (something intended as a guide for making something else)

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