0 present participle of outline
1 to draw the main shape or edge of something:
The area we're interested in is outlined in red on the map.
2 to give the main facts about something:
At the interview she outlined what I would be doing.
Michael Davis has prepared a memorandum outlining our need for an additional warehouse.
The progress of religious reforms is outlined in a separate chapter.
The scheme outlined in Mr Smith's speech has the support of the committee.
The introduction outlines the content each chapter.
She spent ten minutes outlining the main features of the scheme.
I will begin by outlining the concept of self-ownership, and go on to explain the two main objections to the concept: one philosophical, one ideological.
Outlining such a synthesis is the third goal.
I then locate this speech form in comparative perspective by outlining cross-cultural phenomena with which it has affinities.
