chart

¹ American  

[chahrt] / tʃɑrt /

noun

1. a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.

2. a graphic representation, as by curves, of a dependent variable, as temperature, price, etc.; graph.

3. a map, especially a hydrographic or marine map.

4. an outline map showing special conditions or facts.

   a weather chart.

5. Astrology. horoscope.

6. Jazz. a musical arrangement.

7. the charts, ratings of the popularity of popular-music records, usually based on nationwide sales for a given week.

   Their album is number three on the charts this week.

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verb (used with object)

1. to make a chart of.

2. to plan.

   to chart a course of action.

   Synonyms:

   outline, draft

3. Informal. to rank in the charts.

   The new song gets charted number four this week.

idioms

1. off the charts, greatly exceeding the general level or average: Also off the chart

   Demand for the new phone is off the charts.

chart. ² American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) a paper.

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chart British  

/ tʃɑːt /

noun

1. a map designed to aid navigation by sea or air

2. an outline map, esp one on which weather information is plotted

3. a sheet giving graphical, tabular, or diagrammatical information

4. another name for graph

5. astrology another word for horoscope

6. informal the lists produced weekly from various sources of the bestselling pop singles and albums or the most popular videos

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verb

1. (tr) to make a chart of

2. (tr) to make a detailed plan of

3. (tr) to plot or outline the course of

4. (intr) (of a record or video) to appear in the charts (sense 6)

Related Words

See map.

Other Word Forms

• chartable adjective
• prechart verb (used with object)
• precharted adjective
• rechart verb (used with object)
• well-charted adjective

Etymology

Origin of chart¹

1565–75; from Middle French charte, from Latin c(h)arta; charta

Origin of chart.²

From the Latin word charta

Example Sentences

One of the year’s biggest policy events for China watchers is set to start this week, bringing the top brass together to chart the course for the world’s second-largest economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

By early Saturday, that number appeared to have dropped to effectively zero, according to a chart from Rystad Energy.

From MarketWatch

By early Saturday, that number appeared to have dropped to effectively zero, according to a chart from Rystad Energy.

From MarketWatch

When I worked at Bell Labs, it distributed organization charts weekly detailing the stacked hierarchy of supervisors, department heads, division heads and directors reporting up to a vice president.

From The Wall Street Journal

Top-down org charts are a blight, but one artificial intelligence will put an end to.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• delineate
• devise
• lay out
• outline
• sketch