chart
- a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- a graphic representation, as by curves, of a dependent variable, as temperature, price, etc.; graph.
- a map, especially a hydrographic or marine map.
- an outline map showing special conditions or facts: a weather chart.
- Astrology. horoscope(def 1).
- Jazz. a musical arrangement.
- 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.
- to make a chart of.
- to plan: to chart a course of action.
- Informal. to rank in the charts: The new song gets charted number four this week.
- off the charts, greatly exceeding the general level or average: Demand for the new phone is off the charts.Also off the chart.
Origin of chart
Synonyms for chart
Related Words for charted
blueprint, graph, sketch, table, delineate, outline, devise, plot, tabulation, diagram, scheme, plat, project, cast, shape, design, draft, arrangeExamples from the Web for charted
Contemporary Examples of charted
Do we have a form of consciousness—a way of knowing—that has yet to be charted?
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of DeathPatricia Pearson
August 11, 2014
In Western Europe, the ADL charted anti-Semitism at 24 percent and in Eastern Europe at 34 percent.
Climate warming can be charted as a long-term rising trend with variation.
Now in his 80s, Blankenship claims to have charted out tunnels, corridors, and large, unnatural underground caverns.
The ADL has surveyed anti-Semitic attitudes in America since 1964 and charted a significant decrease in hostility towards Jews.
Historical Examples of charted
I charted a course for the asteroid; it was almost the one which had been set.
In what way did you discover that this cave had been charted?
The Wonder Island Boys: The TribesmenRoger Finlay
There were tens of thousands more that had never been charted.
Gold in the SkyAlan Edward Nourse
It may be turned upon another station, and this bearing also charted.
Opportunities in AviationArthur Sweetser
He plunged into the unknown; he charted the seas and mapped its currents and winds.
Historic FredericksburgJohn T. Goolrick
chart
- a map designed to aid navigation by sea or air
- an outline map, esp one on which weather information is plotted
- a sheet giving graphical, tabular, or diagrammatical information
- another name for graph (def. 1)
- astrology another word for horoscope (def. 3)
- the charts informal the lists produced weekly from various sources of the bestselling pop singles and albums or the most popular videos
- (tr) to make a chart of
- (tr) to make a detailed plan of
- (tr) to plot or outline the course of
- (intr) (of a record or video) to appear in the charts (sense 6)
Word Origin for chart
Word Origin and History for charted
chart
1837, "to enter onto a map or chart," from chart (n.). In the commercial recording sense, a reference to appearing on the "Billboard" magazine music popularity chart is by 1961. The chart itself was printed from c.1942. Related: Charted; charting.
chart
1570s, "map for the use of navigators," from Middle French charte "card, map," from Late Latin charta "paper, card, map" (see card (n.1)).
Charte is the original form of the French word in all senses, but after 14c. (perhaps by influence of Italian cognate carta), carte began to supplant it. English used both carte and card 15c.-17c. for "chart, map," and in 17c. chart could mean "playing card," but the words have gone their separate ways and chart has predominated since in the "map" sense. In the music score sense from 1957.
chart
(chärt)- A recording, in tabular form, of clinical data relating to a case.
- A group of symbols of graduated size for measuring visual acuity.