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Princeton's WordNet

  1. range, array, lay out, set outverb

    lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

    "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"

  2. set up, lay out, setverb

    get ready for a particular purpose or event

    "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

  3. lay outverb

    spend or invest

    "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"

  4. present, represent, lay outverb

    bring forward and present to the mind

    "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

  5. lay outverb

    provide a detailed plan or design

    "She laid out her plans for the new house"

Wiktionary

  1. lay outverb

    to expend

  2. lay outverb

    to arrange in a certain way

  3. lay outverb

    to concoct; think up

  4. Etymology: to lay + out

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  1. lay out

    Lay out refers to the process of setting, arranging or presenting something in a specified or planned way. It usually involves organizing items in a space, designing information or elements in a document, or explaining information in a particular order for clarity and effectiveness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lay out in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lay out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of lay out in a Sentence

  1. South Carolina:

    What I'd ask you to do is to lay out a hopeful agenda for America. Tell us how we can make chips without spending all this money. Tell us how we can be safer, you don't have to worry about your kids as much as you do today, you did South Carolina once, you can do South Carolina again.

  2. Jack Schlossberg:

    Throughout his presidency, my grandfather made it clear that he alone could fix nothing; that he alone had no answers, he had the courage to plainly admit America’s shortcomings, to then lay out bold plans to address those problems and to ask his fellow Americans for help in solving them … he inspired a generation to enter public service and to ask what they could do for their country.

  3. Bobby Jindal:

    I think Iowa Republican Party has to lay out the pathway why we are the party for opportunity and growth.

  4. Laura Murphy:

    We tried to lay out a game plan for the company, but really the ball's in their court now.

  5. Bobby Jindal:

    We spent a lot of time developing detailed policy papers, and given this crazy, unpredictable election season, clearly there just wasn't a lot of interest, i think Iowa Republican Party has to lay out the pathway why we are the party for opportunity and growth.


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