outlining
SayOWT-lyn-ing/ˈaʊtlaɪnɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of outline.
The architect is outlining the new building's basic shape on the screen.
Outlining the chapters early helped the author keep the plot on track.
Note
One -ing form does two jobs here. It is the progressive in she is outlining the plan and the verbal noun in outlining saves time. Because outline is transitive, both uses usually take a direct object, as in outlining a shape or outlining an argument. The form carries every meaning of the verb: drawing a contour, summarizing, and, for programmers, shrinking code by replacing repeated fragments with function calls.
outlining is a form of outline
outline, verb: To give a brief summary of the main points of something. Full entry
- Spelling
- outline → outlining: drop the e, add -ing
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