chart

[ chahrt ]
/ tʃɑrt /

noun

verb (used with object)

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Idioms for chart

    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

1565–75; < Middle French charte < Latin c(h)arta; see charta

SYNONYMS FOR chart

3 See map.
9 draft, outline, draw up.

OTHER WORDS FROM chart

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH chart

charted chartered

Words nearby chart

charr, charrette, charrière scale, charro, charry, chart, chart house, chart room, chart., chart. cerat., charta
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British Dictionary definitions for off the charts

chart
/ (tʃɑːt) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of chart

chartable, adjective

Word Origin for chart

C16: from Latin, from Greek khartēs papyrus, literally: something on which to make marks; related to Greek kharattein to engrave
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Medical definitions for off the charts

chart
[ chärt ]

n.

A recording, in tabular form, of clinical data relating to a case.
A group of symbols of graduated size for measuring visual acuity.
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