chart
noun
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
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chart
1 American
[chahrt]
/ tʃɑrt /
noun
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charts
plural
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a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
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a graphic representation, as by curves, of a dependent variable, as temperature, price, etc.; graph.
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a map, especially a hydrographic or marine map.
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an outline map showing special conditions or facts.
a weather chart.
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Astrology. horoscope.
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Jazz. a musical arrangement.
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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.
verb (used with object)
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charts,
present (3rd person singular)
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charted,
past participle, past
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charting
present participle
idioms
chart.
2
American
abbreviation
chart
British
/ tʃɑːt /
noun
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a map designed to aid navigation by sea or air
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an outline map, esp one on which weather information is plotted
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a sheet giving graphical, tabular, or diagrammatical information
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another name for graph
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astrology another word for horoscope
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informal the lists produced weekly from various sources of the bestselling pop singles and albums or the most popular videos
verb
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(tr) to make a chart of
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(tr) to make a detailed plan of
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(tr) to plot or outline the course of
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(intr) (of a record or video) to appear in the charts (sense 6)
Synonym Usage
See map.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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prechartverb (used with object)
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rechartverb (used with object)
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chartableadjective
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prechartedadjective
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well-chartedadjective
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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chartsimple
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chartssimple
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have chartedperfect
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has chartedperfect
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am chartingprogressive
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are chartingprogressive
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is chartingprogressive
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have been chartingperfect progressive
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has been chartingperfect progressive
Past
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chartedsimple
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had chartedperfect
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was chartingprogressive
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were chartingprogressive
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had been chartingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of chart1
1565–75; from Middle French charte, from Latin c(h)arta; see charta
Origin of chart.2
From the Latin word charta
Explanation
Whether it's a kind of graph, a map, or even a piece of music, a chart is a visual display of information. As a verb, chart means to make that kind of display. Some words' meanings grow narrower over the centuries. But in the case of chart, which comes from the French charte and Latin charta, "map," the meanings have grown a lot since the 1500s. Now, chart is a noun meaning any visual index of information, as in "that song is shooting up the charts." It's also still a map, as in "harbor chart." And it's a verb, as in "to chart your progress, make a chart."
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The goal: “A simpler org chart geared toward building versus managing,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“The outcome is a simpler org chart geared toward building versus managing,” Khosrowshahi said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The track also featured in more than 300,000 videos and climbed back up the singles chart to number two.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The chart below shows the number of trading sessions over the past few years when the S&P 500 posted a daily gain even as the index saw more decliners than advancers on the day.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Finding the North Star, which is how everybody from the Egyptians to the Vikings to the Polynesians was able to chart their courses across unknown seas.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
"When we wrote this song, in the blazing month of August, we didn't even expect it to chart. But here we are, in a Mariah Carey and Wham! sandwich, and we're the filling. I'm stoked!"
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
Latona said, "Please stop calling what happened 'a demise' because it's upsetting her. And also stop asking her the same thing over and over. It's in the chart. Put it in the chart."
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2022
“It doesn’t matter where you are on that depth chart. My MO is you’ve got to earn it every day.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
“She somehow neglected to get all the information in the chart. That’s tragic and I also have great compassion for her humanity.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2020
“Good. Now I want you to look at this chart. Do you see here?”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
The film also charts how Eisenhower had the good sense to pay heed to the experts around him.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
If Act III tops the charts next week, Kasabian will beat Led Zeppelin's tally of having seven consecutive studio albums go to number one.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Plus, China rejects claims it could have warned Nepal earlier of deadly floods and how China weathered the Iran oil shock, in charts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Although “Tigi Tigi” never reached the heights of their other songs on the pop charts, Hakim and Don Omar created a cult classic that continues to move listeners at any function.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The experts had colorful charts on portable easels.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Whatever the case, the occasion seemed a good moment to rank all 29 of Mellencamp’s singles that have charted on Billboard’s Hot 100 — starting with the worst and ending with the best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
By that, she told me, she meant how these songs stayed with her “like confidantes,” and how they’ve charted her own growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
We have charted the best away wins so far - but that excludes some of England's most impressive results... including the undoubted number one.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
McAfee, a third-generation California farmer, was born into a family that had charted an unconventional course.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
She’d mentally charted her route to the roof of her apartment building.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
In 1967 she recorded Curly Putman’s “Dumb Blonde,” her first charting song as a singer and a savvy choice that spoke to her as both an image and as flesh and blood, as she sang:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Some of this year’s best-performing technology stocks can keep charting gains, according to an analyst.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Irving will be going up against a bevy of other legal AI upstarts and the major AI developers themselves as well as established firms, each of which have been charting their own futures with AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
"Space Force, those guys are literally charting the next frontier of space," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
I was charting out with Janice his April and May schedules of meetings and speaking engagements in the expansive war room of his Flushing headquarters.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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