Layout (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an arrangement or plan: We objected to the layout of the house.
  2. the act of laying or spreading out.
  3. a plan or sketch, as of an advertisement or a page of a newspaper or magazine, indicating the arrangement and relationship of the parts, as of type and artwork.
  4. (in advertising, publishing, etc.) the technique, process, or occupation of making layouts.
  5. spread (def. 34).
  6. a place, as of residence or business, and the features that go with it; a setup: a fancy layout with a swimming pool and a tennis court.
  7. a display or spread, as of dishes at a meal.
  8. a collection or set of tools, implements, or the like.
  9. an arrangement of cards dealt according to a given pattern, as in solitaire.
  10. a body position in which one is fully extended and arched backward, with the legs together and straight, the head thrown back, and the arms extended sideways.
verb (tr, adverb)
  1. to arrange or spread out
  2. to prepare (a corpse) for burial or cremation
  3. to plan or contrive
  4. to spend (money), esp lavishly
  5. to knock unconscious
  6. to exert (oneself) or put (oneself) to an effort
noun layout
  1. the arrangement or plan of something, such as a building
  2. the arrangement of written material, photographs, or other artwork on an advertisement or page in a book, newspaper, etc
  3. a preliminary plan indicating this
  4. a drawing showing the relative disposition of parts in a machine, etc
  5. the act of laying out
  6. something laid out
  7. the formation of cards on the table in various games, esp in patience
  8. a residence or establishment, esp a large one
Layout (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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