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SKECH/sketʃ/

A sketch is a quick drawing, a short comic scene, or a brief outline: a field sketch; a sketch of the plan. Drawing is more finished; outline is the plan twin. A field sketch still needs a title. Verb: sketch the diagram. Mix-up: stretch is to pull; stretch also a period. Do not submit a scribble and call it a field sketch.

Meaning

A quick drawing; also a short comic scene, or a brief outline of a plan.

Examples

• “A field sketch still needs a title, scale, and north arrow.”
• “Sketch your argument in three bullets first, which is the outline sense.”

Good to know

a field / pencil sketch; sketch + object. Wider: drawing. Trap: stretch. Geography, art, and planning. Quick drawing or outline, not a finished painting.

Near in meaning

outline

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