blueprint

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈbluːˌprɪnt/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A detailed plan or design, especially a technical drawing of a building, machine, or other structure, traditionally reproduced on blue paper with white lines.; A detailed plan of action or strategy for achieving a goal; a model or framework for future development.; A photographic printing process in which a drawing or document is reproduced as white lines on a blue background, using light-sensitive iron salts.
  2. verb
    To make a blueprint of; to reproduce a drawing or plan using the blueprint process.; To plan or design in detail; to create a comprehensive plan for something.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: blueprints 3rd sing.: blueprints Past: blueprinted Past part.: blueprinted Pres part.: blueprinting

Collocations

blueprint for successblueprint for changedraw up a blueprintfollow a blueprintblueprint for reform

Derivatives

blueprinting

Synonyms

plandesignschemeoutlinetemplatemodellayout

Commonly confused

schematic
EN: 'Schematic' refers specifically to a diagram of a system's components and connections, while 'blueprint' is a broader term for any detailed plan or technical drawing.
prototype
EN: 'Prototype' is a working model or first version of a product, while 'blueprint' is the plan or design from which something is made.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word ('blueprint'), not two ('blue print'). The two-word form is archaic and no longer standard.

💬 Examples

  1. The architect unrolled the blueprint on the table to show the clients the layout of the new house.

  2. The report serves as a blueprint for reforming the country's education system.

  3. Before the advent of digital printing, engineers relied on the blueprint process to duplicate technical drawings.

  4. The draftsman blueprinted the engineering drawings for distribution to the construction team.

  5. The committee spent months blueprinting the new urban development project.