English-Italian translations for outline

• contorno
• abbozzo
  Non abbiamo alcun abbozzo di una politica commerciale ed economica a livello europeo. We have no outline of a pan-European economic and trade policy.
  Non vi è accordo su una politica estera comune, né alcun abbozzo di politica europea di difesa. There is no agreement on a common foreign policy, and no outline of a European defence policy.
• disegnare
• riassumere
  Desidero riassumere brevemente i principi e le raccomandazioni principali della mia relazione. Let me briefly outline the most important principles and recommendations of my report.
  In conclusione vorrei solo riassumere, illustrandovi a grandi linee come vedo l’evoluzione di questa Presidenza. To conclude, let me simply sum up by giving you a broad outline of how I see this Presidency evolving.
  Queste proposte sono a disposizione del Parlamento, e oggi quindi mi limiterò a riassumere brevemente gli obiettivi principali del complesso dei cambiamenti.These proposals are all available to the House. I will, therefore, briefly outline the principal purposes of the comprehensive changes.

Definition of outline

• A line marking the boundary of an object figure
• A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading
• A general description of some subject
• A preliminary plan for a project
• A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment
• To draw an outline of
• To summarize

Examples

• the outline of a speech
• Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background

Related words

• outlines
• outliner
• outline act
• outline law
• in outline
• with curved outlines