blueprint

noun blue·print \ -ˌprint \

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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blueprint

transitive verb

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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

Launched in 2014, ColourPop built the blueprint for online, direct-to-consumer makeup brands.

— ashley weatherford, The Cut, "Sephora Will Start Selling This Beloved, Super Cheap Makeup Line This Fall," 7 Aug. 2017
Building records kept by cities can include construction blueprints, inspection logs and fire safety plans.

— CBS News, "AP: Cleveland Browns’ stadium, other U.S. structures may have highly flammable panels," 20 July 2017
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.

— ngoc nguyen, Kaiser Health News, "Has California Hit The Brakes In Regulating Breath-Robbing Big Rigs?," 18 July 2017
The budget blueprint attempts to balance the budget within a decade largely through deep cuts to a wide swath of domestic programs.

— Fox News, "GOP House budget plan boosts military spending, cuts domestic programs," 18 July 2017
So, Trump’s plan amounts to a blueprint for how the rich can raid the federal treasury.

— eric levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump’s Tax Plan Would Be Bad for Those Who Don’t Own Yachts, Study Basically Finds," 12 July 2017
Imagine this: The blueprints have been finalized, manufacturing is under way, and prospective consumers are losing their minds with excitement.

— marissa miller, Teen Vogue, "Qualcomm Asks for Apple iPhone Ban," 7 July 2017
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.

— christopher borrelli, chicagotribune.com, "Masters of minis coming to Chicago," 5 July 2017
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.

— david malakoff, Science | AAAS, "House lawmakers balk at most Trump science cuts in early bills," 30 June 2017

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