Definition of blueprint
1 : a photographic print in white on a bright blue ground or blue on a white ground used especially for copying maps, mechanical drawings, and architects' plans
2 : something resembling a blueprint (as in serving as a model or providing guidance); especially : a detailed plan or program of action a blueprint for victory
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Examples of blueprint in a Sentence
a blueprint for reforming the public school system
an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25
Recent Examples of blueprint from the Web
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The mayors affirmed that the ports’ 2017 clean-air blueprint, which is expected to be released Wednesday, will include further emissions reductions from ships and the development of a zero-emissions truck pilot program.
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The budget blueprint attempts to balance the budget within a decade largely through deep cuts to a wide swath of domestic programs.
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So, Trump’s plan amounts to a blueprint for how the rich can raid the federal treasury.
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Imagine this: The blueprints have been finalized, manufacturing is under way, and prospective consumers are losing their minds with excitement.
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X-ACTO knives and small murky pools of paint water, a young Abe Lincoln figure that Berton made and blueprints of Van Gogh's bedrooms, a taste of his next miniature project.
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Also, Congress as a whole has yet to adopt an overall 2018 spending blueprint, called a budget resolution, which lawmakers use to set how much money is allocated to each of the 12 appropriations bills.
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There is no universal blueprint for bishops or candidates to follow.
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Mr. Heffington used those blueprints to help choreograph the scene.
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First Known Use of blueprint
1857
BLUEPRINT Defined for English Language Learners
blueprint
playDefinition of blueprint for English Language Learners
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: a photographic print that shows how something (such as a building) will be made
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: a detailed plan of how to do something
BLUEPRINT Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of blueprint for Students
1 : a photographic print made with white lines on a blue background and showing how something will be made
2 : a detailed plan of something to be done
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