Words / B1

BLOOPR-int/ˈbluːprɪnt/

A blueprint is a detailed plan: a blueprint for reform; the blueprint for the building. Plan and roadmap are close; a sketch is rougher. Originally it was a blue technical drawing. Do not call a vague wish a blueprint. UK think-tanks often publish a blueprint for policy.

Meaning

A detailed plan for how something should be done or built.

Examples

• “The report is a blueprint for reforming adult social care.”
• “Architects still talk of a blueprint even when the files are digital.”

Good to know

a blueprint for + change. Close: plan / roadmap. Rougher: sketch. Not a vague wish. Policy and building senses.

Near in meaning

plan

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