blueprint

noun

blue·print | \ ˈblü-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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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

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The blueprints focused on creating a grand entrance to the building in the center. — Chad Pergram, Fox News, "History at the Capitol Rotunda, where McCain's casket will lie in state," 30 Aug. 2018 In 3-D printing, objects are built up in successive layers of metal or plastic powder, fused by lasers following digital blueprints. — Daniel Michaels, WSJ, "Design Your Frames: 3-D Printing Comes to Eyewear," 11 Nov. 2018 Others see an embryo more as a rough blueprint for a baby than a baby itself. — Elissa Strauss, Glamour, "The Great Frozen Embryo Debate," 11 Oct. 2018 Edward Cella Art & Architecture Many of his inventions got a real-world prototype, and all of them were the product of detailed line drawings that served as blueprints for his big ideas. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Buckminster Fuller made fancy posters for his greatest inventions," 6 Sep. 2018 Monday’s letter on Sempra appears to follow a similar blueprint. — Mark Chediak And Jim Efstathiou Jr., latimes.com, "Investors are trying to overhaul Sempra. The message to other utilities: Stick to basics," 11 June 2018 The Saints are finally starting to follow the financial blueprint of many viable franchises. — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, "Saints following successful strategy by leaning on young, inexpensive talent," 3 June 2018 The first, on April 27, follows a familiar blueprint, setting a popular standard (Shostakovich’s wrenching Symphony No. — Fergus Mcintosh, The New Yorker, "L.A. Phil’s Superstar Conductor Returns to New York," 21 Apr. 2018 One of the main narrative threads in Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi follows that same blueprint… at first. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "The Last Jedi Blu-ray is a chance to reevaluate the film’s divisive casino subplot," 30 Mar. 2018

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