how to pronounce blueprint

/ˈbluː.pɹɪnt/

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blueprint is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of blueprint in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… first genocide and a blueprint for many …”

meanings of blueprint

noun:

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

verb:

To make a detailed operational plan for.
To make a blueprint for.

blueprint frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word blueprint occurs in english on average 3.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics blueprint can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that blueprint can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) education, science, and technology;