A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
Expression in words, either speech or writing.
An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
Any rational expression, reason.
To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
To write or speak formally and at length.
A general description of some subject.
A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
The outer shape of an object or figure.
A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
A preliminary plan for a project.
A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
A setline or trotline.
To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
To draw an outline of.
To summarize.