Blueprint

Pronunciation

• enPR: bloÍžo'prÄ­nt", IPA: /ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/

Alternative forms

• blue print, blue-print

Origin

blue + print

Full definition of blueprint

Noun

1. A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
2. A print produced with this process.
3. (architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
4. (informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

Synonyms

• (paper-based technical drawing) cyanotype, schematic
• (detailed technical drawing) schematic
• (informal) road map, schematic, plan, layout

Verb

1. To make a blueprint for.The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.
2. To make a detailed operational plan for.They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation.