blueprint

noun

1. A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
2. A print produced with this process.
3. (broadly)A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
4. (broadly, informal)Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

   “Ain't got no blueprint, just a purpose and a wrecking ball!”

   “This demonstrated serious intent, and the result is a report that should be a blueprint for subsequent assessments when road schemes are being put forward.”

   “As a member of Black Sabbath, he helped draft the blueprints for heavy metal, but in conversation, he was always humble about his contributions to music.”

verb

1. (transitive)To make a blueprint for.

   “The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.”

2. (figuratively, transitive)To make a detailed operational plan for; to design or plan out.

   “They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation.”