Layout

Layout

Noun / Verb · /ˈleɪ.aʊt/

Definition

(Noun) the way in which something, such as a page, building, or piece of text, is arranged or set out; a plan or design showing arrangement; (Verb, informal) to lay out — to knock someone unconscious; to arrange or display.

Origin

From lay (to arrange, to set out) + out (in a spread or extended manner). The layout as a noun describing an arrangement or plan has been in English since the late 19th century, particularly in printing and design contexts where it describes the planned arrangement of type and images on a page.