verbs give somebody an outline The leaflet gives you an outline of the Party's main policies.
the bare outline (=one with no details at all ) The paragraph gives readers only the bare outline of Milton's life. a rough outline (=one that has no details and that might change ) Thompson gave me a rough outline of what had happened at the previous meeting. a basic outline I remembered the basic outline of the story, but not how it ended. a brief outline Each chapter begins with a brief outline of the topics covered in the chapter. COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the main ideas or facts about something, without the details adjectives a broad/general outline (=the main ideas or parts of something rather than all the details ) The report gives only a broad outline of the company's performance.
an outline map of Europe in outline figures drawn in outline 3 SUMMARIZE a plan for a piece of writing in which each new idea or fact is separately written down Always write an outline for your essays. 2 CF SHAPE a line around the edge of something which shows its shape outline of The outlines of animals were cut into the rock. ○ noun 1 SUMMARIZE the main ideas or facts about something, without the details a research proposal outline outline of an outline of world history broad/rough/general outline a broad outline of the committee’s plans in outline A debt reduction scheme was agreed in outline (=people agreed on its main points ).From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English outline out‧line 1 / ˈaʊtlaɪn /
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