GROUND PLAN Synonyms

• the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

• an arrangement scheme

• something intended as a guide for making something else

• a decorative or artistic work

• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

• a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something

• the creation of something in the mind

• make or work out a plan for; devise

• plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect

• create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner

• make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form

• create designs

• conceive or fashion in the mind; invent

• intend or have as a purpose

• a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

• make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

• a plan or design of something that is laid out

• the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)

• a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

• (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

• make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

• explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

• locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences

• plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

• depict as if on a map

• to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

• preliminary drawing for later elaboration

• a brief literary description

• short descriptive summary (of events)

• a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

• make a sketch of

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of