Meaning of Blueprint | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
2. A print produced with this process.
3. A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
   broadly
4. Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
   broadly, informal

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Examples

“Ain't got no blueprint, just a purpose and a wrecking ball!”

“This demonstrated serious intent, and the result is a report that should be a blueprint for subsequent assessments when road schemes are being put forward.”

“As a member of Black Sabbath, he helped draft the blueprints for heavy metal, but in conversation, he was always humble about his contributions to music.”

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