Collocations for "outlined"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "outlined" in context.
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outline
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- outline the [drawing, map, man, figure]
- outline the [book, paper, essay]
- outline your [idea, theory, approach]
- outline the charges
- outline it in [pencil, pen, marker, red]
- outline it with a [pencil]
- outline it to the [students, population, workers]
- outline the [trends, process, steps, key features] to
- outlines what we [think, believe, understand]
- outlined in detail
- outlined in [section, table] [4]
- outlined on [page 3, the board]
- as outlined [in, on, below]
- [briefly, carefully, meticulously] outlined
- the [blurred, hazy, sharp, clear] outline of the [mountain, castle, shore]
- the outline of the [mountain] was [blurred] (by)
- could see an outline of the [mountain]
- could see the [faint, distant, vague] outline of a [figure, man, building]
- [drew, sketched, traced] an outline of the [mountain]
- saw his outline in the [dark, shadows, bushes]
- saw the outline from [afar, far away, a distance]
- [sketches, drawings] and outlines
- write a [plot, story, script] outline
- a [rough, detailed, brief] outline of the [plan, procedure]
- can you give me an outline of the [book, class, show]?
- give us an outline of your [plan, idea, proposal]
- an outline of [how, when, where]
'outlined' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
act
- argument
- article
- aspect
- description
- foreword
- outline
- procedure
- provision
- section
- specification
- thoroughly
- which