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[ map ]
/ mæp /
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noun
verb (used with object), mapped, map·ping.
to represent or delineate on or as if on a map.
to sketch or plan (often followed by out): to map out a new career.
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Idioms about map

    off the map, out of existence; into oblivion: Whole cities were wiped off the map.
    put on the map, to bring into the public eye; make known, famous, or prominent: The discovery of gold put our town on the map.

Origin of map

1350–1400; Middle English mappe-(mounde), from Medieval Latin mappa mundī “map of the world”; special use of Latin mappa “napkin,” said to be from Punic

synonym study for map

1. Map, chart, graph refer to representations of surfaces, areas, or facts. Map most commonly refers to a representation of the surface of the earth or a section of it, or an area of the sky: a map of England. A chart may be an outline map with symbols conveying information superimposed on it, a map designed especially for navigators on water or in the air, a diagram, or a table giving information in an orderly form: a chart of the shoals off a coast. A graph may be a diagram representing a set of interrelated facts by means of dots or lines on a coordinate background; or it may use small figures (people, animals, machines, etc.) appropriate to the facts being represented, each figure standing for a specific number in statistics being given: a graph of the rise in population from 1900 to 1980.

OTHER WORDS FROM map

Other definitions for map (2 of 3)

Map
[ map ]
/ mæp /

noun
Walter, c1140–1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
Also Mapes [meyps, mey-peez]. /meɪps, ˈmeɪ piz/.

Other definitions for map (3 of 3)

MAP

abbreviation
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British Dictionary definitions for map (1 of 2)

map
/ (mæp) /

noun
verb maps, mapping or mapped (tr)

Derived forms of map

mappable, adjectivemapless, adjectivemapper, noun

Word Origin for map

C16: from Medieval Latin mappa (mundi) map (of the world), from Latin mappa cloth

British Dictionary definitions for map (2 of 2)

Map

Mapes (mæps, ˈmeɪpiːz)

/ (mæp) /

noun
Walter. ?1140–?1209, Welsh ecclesiastic and satirical writer. His chief work is the miscellany De Nugis curialium
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for map

map
[ măp ]

A representation of a region of three-dimensional space, such as of the Earth or a part of the universe, usually on a two-dimensional plane surface. See also projection.
See genetic map.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Other Idioms and Phrases with map

map

see put on the map; wipe off the map.

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