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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈleɪ.aʊt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun from the verbal phrase lay out (see [[lay]] and [[out]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) also written lay-out.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Configuration, arrangement, the laying out of land or streets: 1852.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(HTOED)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verbal phrase is from the late 14th century, to cast out, and about 1400 to stretch out or display.^(Etymonline) A plan or scheme of action is American English from 1867,^(HTOED) and a set or party of people from 1869;^(HTOED) a collection of things laid out for use in an occupation is by 1869.^(Etymonline) The rough design of a printing job is attested from 1910,^(Etymonline) and the design of a page now a common sense.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 14th century – lay out (verb).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1852 – an arrangement.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1867 – a plan (US).^(HTOED)

+ * 1910 – a printing design.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The way in which the parts of something, such as a building, town or garden, are arranged.^(AHD)^(LDOCE 2009)

+ # The arrangement of text and pictures on a [[page]], or the art of arranging them.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

+ # A thing laid out in a particular way: ''a model railway layout''.^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lay]]

+ * [[out]]

+ * [[outlay]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}