A blueprintfor something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
The country's president will offer delegates his blueprint for the country's future. [+ for]
...the blueprint of a new plan of economic reform. [+ of]
Synonyms: scheme, plan, design, system More Synonyms of blueprint
2. countable noun
A blueprint of an architect's building plans or a designer's pattern is a photographic print consisting of white lines on a blue background. Blueprintscontain all of the information that is needed to build or make something.
...a blueprint of the whole place, complete with heating ducts and wiring. [+ of]
The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.
Synonyms: plan, scheme, project, pattern More Synonyms of blueprint
3. countable noun
A genetic blueprint is a pattern which is contained within all living cells. This pattern decides how the organism develops and what it looks like.
The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent. [+ of]
DNA is the genetic material in every cell that carries the blueprints for everythingfrom hair color to the risk of cancer.
blueprint in British English
(ˈbluːˌprɪnt)
noun
1. Also called: cyanotype
a photographic print of plans, technical drawings, etc, consisting of white lines on a blue background
2.
an original plan or prototype that influences subsequent design or practice
the Montessori method was the blueprint for education in the 1940s
verb
3. (transitive)
to make a blueprint of (a plan)
blueprint in American English
(ˈbluˌprɪnt)
noun
1.
a photographic reproduction in white on a blue background, as of architectural or engineering plans
2.
any exact or detailed plan or outline
verb transitive
3.
to make a blueprint of
Examples of 'blueprint' in a sentence
blueprint
What happened to your blueprint for success?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The deal could provide a blueprint for similar funding packages.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The blueprint is designed to tackle the overcrowding epidemic.
The Sun (2009)
To do otherwise would constitute a "blueprint" plan.
Low, Nicholas Politics, Planning and the State (1990)
Designers should be encouraged to come up with new blueprints.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They are the blueprint for success for a bigger fighter.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It would provide the blueprint for how he was going to storm up the field.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Mars is onside and pushes practical plans fast from blueprint to reality.
The Sun (2013)
He has asked athletes to write down individual blueprints for success.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The political tussle could become a blueprint for how other eurozone countries will deal with their own troubled lenders.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Ministers will be given powers to remove weak heads swiftly if they are unable to provide a blueprint for improvement.
The Sun (2015)
There could be good news on both counts after a forum to establish a blueprint for the future growth of the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The most potent forensic tool grew out of biochemistry, specifically the study of our genetic blueprint.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Original 1960s blueprints were used to build replicas of the bridge and sick bay.
The Sun (2006)
Unions fear that the move could become a blueprint for Whitehall.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The blueprint for a new treaty will be finalised before he steps down in June.
The Sun (2007)
With a track record like this, it is likely to form the blueprint for future projects.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
As this intriguing project unfolds, its potential as a wider blueprint becomes apparent.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Those are all part of the story, but they no longer present a static blueprint or life plan.
Christianity Today (2000)
Jungle Revolution is his first album in a decade and it follows the blueprint of the original recordings in the genre.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The Chancellor delivered his sixth economic blueprint for the nation with just 50 days to go until polling day.
The Sun (2015)
Both those prescriptions are well within the Chancellor's existing economic blueprints and were welcomed by his aides after the speech.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
blueprint
British English: blueprint NOUN
A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
The president will offer delegates his blueprint for the country's future.