bare outline

Frequency: 6.26.0 per million words

A summary with only the most basic facts.

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Examples (10)

  • The presentation only provided a bare outline of the complex project.
  • She quickly sketched a bare outline of her idea on a napkin.
  • We received a bare outline of the proposal, lacking crucial details.
  • His report gave a bare outline of the historical events without much analysis.
  • The initial draft was just a bare outline, with most chapters still needing to be written.
  • Can you give me a bare outline of the new policy?
  • They presented only the bare outline of their findings, saving the specifics for later.
  • The novel's plot was reduced to a bare outline for the summary.
  • Even from the bare outline, we could understand the general direction of the plan.
  • The teacher asked for a bare outline of the essay before they started writing.