Entwurf — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adumbration noun The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
- blueprint noun A detailed technical drawing used for building or design, originally printed white-on-blue.
- design noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
- draft noun An early, unfinished version of a piece of writing.
- outline noun The line or shape marking the edge of something.
Senses
Entwurf is used for these senses in English:
- adumbration (countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
- blueprint (architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
- design The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- draft A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
adumbration — full definition
- noun The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
- noun A rough drawing or short description that gives only the basic shape of something.
- noun (heraldry) The showing of a design only as an outline, sometimes shaded a darker color than the background.
- noun A rough or symbolic picture of something, or an early, unclear sign of what is to come.
blueprint — full definition
- noun A detailed technical drawing used for building or design, originally printed white-on-blue.
- noun A detailed plan for achieving something, whether literal or figurative.
- verb To plan something out in careful detail.
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