blueprint
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/ˈbluːprɪnt/
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/ˈbluːprɪnt/
A detailed plan for a building or machine, printed with white lines on blue paper.
The engineer used the blueprint to build the new machine.
A detailed plan for how to do something or achieve a goal.
The company created a blueprint for expanding into new markets.
The genetic plan in every cell that determines how a living thing grows and looks.
DNA is the blueprint that tells your body how to develop.