blueprint
US /ˈbluˌprɪnt/
Definition
something intended as a guide for making something else
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The engineer showed us the blueprint of the new factory building.
Synonyms
- designthe act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- plana series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- drafta document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
Collocations
- Easy architectural blueprintdescribing architectural blueprint (of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture)
- Medium review the building blueprintto inspect or evaluate formally regarding the building blueprint
- Hard blueprint for economic recoveryto blueprint for economic recovery, meaning to make a blueprint of
- Very Hard foundational blueprint of governancea collocation phrase: foundational blueprint of governance
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