ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Blue line

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed..

Definitions by Sense

A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed.
To create the bluelines for material that is about to be printed.
To check the bluelines before printing material.
To veto a portion of a budget.
To edit a legal document.
(surgery) To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made.
(US, Canada) To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky.

Example Sentences

It was decided to make the color separation in the plotting, in order to eliminate bluelining and redrafting.

The data on these documents are qualified, reduced to chart scale and mosaicked together on the chart base. Next the mosaic is bluelined onto scribe coat and a manual selection of the data is made.

For example, with online publishing, many intermediary steps that are often used in the paper-based document production process are eliminated, such as paste-up, bluelining, and so on.

Although claiming editorship, my involvement amounted to occasional 'bluelining', a deal of 'cutting-to-fit' and the general work required in designing and laying-out a book.

In 1961 the Governor bluelined the funds.

lf our attitude is that, our program is going to be eliminated by someone who bluelines a budget.

Since the Pennsylvania Constitution requires a balanced budget, this necessitated the Governor's bluelining, or vetoeing out, $1.2 billion from the budget.

I sat down with the Governor we bluelined the budget down to a billion three and sent it back.

Word Forms

bluelines
bluelining
bluelined

Related Words

When Should You Use Blue line?

Use blue line when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does blue line mean?

Blue line means A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed..

What is a synonym for blue line?

The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.

What is the opposite of blue line?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use blue line in a sentence?

It was decided to make the color separation in the plotting, in order to eliminate bluelining and redrafting.

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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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Definitions by Sense

A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed.

To create the bluelines for material that is about to be printed.

To check the bluelines before printing material.

To veto a portion of a budget.

To edit a legal document.

(surgery) To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made.

(US, Canada) To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky.

Example Sentences

It was decided to make the color separation in the plotting, in order to eliminate bluelining and redrafting.

The data on these documents are qualified, reduced to chart scale and mosaicked together on the chart base. Next the mosaic is bluelined onto scribe coat and a manual selection of the data is made.

For example, with online publishing, many intermediary steps that are often used in the paper-based document production process are eliminated, such as paste-up, bluelining, and so on.

Although claiming editorship, my involvement amounted to occasional 'bluelining', a deal of 'cutting-to-fit' and the general work required in designing and laying-out a book.

In 1961 the Governor bluelined the funds.

lf our attitude is that, our program is going to be eliminated by someone who bluelines a budget.

Since the Pennsylvania Constitution requires a balanced budget, this necessitated the Governor's bluelining, or vetoeing out, $1.2 billion from the budget.

I sat down with the Governor we bluelined the budget down to a billion three and sent it back.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does blue line mean?

Blue line means A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed..

What is a synonym for blue line?

The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.

What is the opposite of blue line?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use blue line in a sentence?

It was decided to make the color separation in the plotting, in order to eliminate bluelining and redrafting.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.