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blueprint

Pronunciation: /ˈbluːprɪnt/

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Definition of blueprint

noun

  • a design plan or other technical drawing: they are redrawing office blueprints to include large shared spaces
  • something which acts as a plan, model, or template for others:the scheme was a blueprint for future development programmes

verb

[with object] North American
  • draw up (a plan or model): (as adjective blueprinted)a neatly blueprinted scheme

Origin:

late 19th century: from the original process in which prints were composed of white lines on a blue ground or of blue lines on a white ground

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