template

A ready-made model or layout that you can copy and change to create something new.

• Choose a template for your report.
• She changed the colors in the website template.
• We use the same template for every invitation.

How to use it: a template for something (This file is a template for our monthly reports.)

Similar words: model, pattern, framework

Common phrases: an email template, a document template, use a template

An object whose shape you follow when drawing, cutting, or making another object.

• Draw around the template.
• I used a template to cut the fabric.
• These templates help children draw neat letters.

How to use it: a template for something (She made a cardboard template for the curved pieces.)

Similar words: pattern, stencil

Common phrases: a cardboard template, a cutting template, trace the template

To mark, arrange, or make something by following an existing model or shape.

• We template each panel before cutting it.
• The carpenter templated the curved edge.
• The team templated the pages using an existing design.

Common phrases: template a panel, template the layout

To create a model or pattern that others can use to make something.

• We template the design for future projects.
• She templated the report format for the whole team.
• The engineers templated the process so other factories could copy it.

Common phrases: template a design, template the process