Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sketch
IPA transcription: [sk'ɛtʃ]
Pronunciations of sketch
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sketch, study
    Meaning: preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"
  • Synonyms: sketch, vignette
    Meaning: a brief literary description
  • Synonyms: sketch, survey, resume
    Meaning: short descriptive summary (of events)
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sketch, chalk_out
    Meaning: make a sketch of; "sketch the building"
  • Synonyms: sketch, outline, adumbrate
    Meaning: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
Usage examples
  • BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
  • I will sketch out the origin of our plays more explicitly if I can.
  • When he was twenty-one he saw his first printed sketch in a monthly magazine.
  • They had come back before the little water-colour sketch she was making was quite finished.
  • The outline sketch will indicate the principal patents covering the basic features of the lamp.
  • I shall only sketch in its broad features, so that we may have more time to attend to his work.
  • The half of what she passed through in the way of suffering has scarcely been hinted at in this sketch.
  • One of them came forward with a sketch of our flier, asking by signs if we were the aerial visitors they had seen.
  • Such is a crude and bald sketch of the steps by which Kepler rose to his great generalizations--the two laws which have immortalized his name.
  • The Senator then launched into a sketch of our great country, and dwelt for an hour or more upon its prosperity and the dangers which threatened it.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Not the Nine O'Clock News, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording D. B. Cooper, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Nigga, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Parallel computing, License CC BY-SA 4.0