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outline  (outlines plural & 3rd person present) (outlining present participle) (outlined past tense & past participle )
1  verb If you outline an idea or a plan, you explain it in a general way. 
The mayor outlined his plan to clean up the town's image...  V n 
2  n-count An outline is a general explanation or description of something. 
also in N 
Following is an outline of the survey findings..., The proposals were given in outline by the Secretary of State.  
3  v-passive You say that an object is outlined when you can see its general shape because there is light behind it. 
The Ritz was outlined against the lights up there...  be V-ed 
4  n-count The outline of something is its general shape, especially when it cannot be clearly seen. 
usu N of n 
He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.