blueprint
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈblupɹɪnt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
informalby extension
Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
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.
architectureengineeringby extension
A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
A print produced with this process.
verb
transitivefiguratively
To make a detailed operational plan for; to design or plan out.
transitive
To make a blueprint for.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Formality
- Technical
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
Used this way, blueprint is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in everyday conversation and social media or informal writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Casual
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Playful
- Usage feel
- Casual and conversational
Where it naturally appears
- Everyday conversation
- Social media/informal writing
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More ways to use blueprint
- “A blueprint for a house.”noun
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Compound terms
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Sensitized paper used to make blueprints.
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