BLUEPRINT Definition & Meaning

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blueprint

[ bloo-print ]

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noun

a process of photographic printing, printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
a print made by this process.
a detailed outline or plan of action:
a blueprint for success.

verb (used with object)

to make a blueprint of or for.

blueprint

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noun

Also calledcyanotype a photographic print of plans, technical drawings, etc, consisting of white lines on a blue background
an original plan or prototype that influences subsequent design or practice
the Montessori method was the blueprint for education in the 1940s

verb

tr to make a blueprint of (a plan)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of blueprint¹

First recorded in 1885–90; blue + print

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And through those conversations, the reality Smith first confronted a decade ago was only further crystallized as blueprints came together.

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The institute’s report, which has been submitted to city and county staffs, is “a blueprint for recovery from people who know a lot about various issues,” Soboroff said.

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Trump and Musk’s plan to cut the federal workforce follows the same blueprint.

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The longtime property owners decided to submit the exact blueprints as before.

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"Venus and Mars" acted as the blueprint, then, for the blockbuster "Wings Over the World" tour.

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