laying out
Setting in order
Laying out is the act of arranging or spreading things in an orderly fashion, often for display, inspection, or planning purposes.
You might lay out clothes for the next day, lay out tools before starting a project, or lay out plans for a new building.
In publishing and design, laying out refers to arranging text and images on a page.
The phrase also applies to explaining something clearly: She spent an hour laying out her argument.
Informally, laying out can mean knocking someone flat with a punch.
- displayingPresenting to view
- arrangingSystematically positioning elements
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- exhibitingPresenting for viewing
spreading out · configuring · structuring · organizing · positioning · outlining · game plan · paying · drafting · blueprint · floor plan · formatting · prioritizing · assembling · plotting · ground rules · sequencing · mapping
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- arrangingarranging, organizing, ordering, positioning, placing
- explainingexplaining, clarifying, elaborating, elucidating, expounding
- planning activitiesoutlining, drafting, scheduling, strategizing, brainstorming
- preparationprepare, preparing, ready, readies, readiness
- setupsetting up, installation, assembling, installing, initialization
laying outpiling up
Increasing in quantity
jumbling · cramming · disarranging · stacking · stacking up
laying outcollecting
Gathering items over time
picking up · putting away · packing up · storing · stowing
laying outscrapping
Discarding as worthless
abandoning · dismantling · improvising · winging it · tearing up
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