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Meaning of map in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /mæp/

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  1. Verb

    map

    Definitions

    1. make a map of

    Examples

    • « show or establish the features of details of »
    • « map the surface of Venus »

    Derived terms

    • mapper
    • plotter
  2. 2. explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

    Examples

    • « We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist »
  3. 3. locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences

    Examples

    • « map the genes »

    Derived terms

    • chromosome mapping
    • mapping
  4. 4. plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

    Examples

    • « map one's future »
  5. 5. depict as if on a map

    Examples

    • « sorrow was mapped on the mother's face »
  6. 6. to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

    Derived terms

    • correspondence
    • mapping
  7. Noun

    map

    Etymology

    early 16th century: from medieval Latin mappa mundi, literally ‘sheet of the world’, from Latin mappa‘sheet, napkin’ + mundi‘of the world’ (genitive of mundus)

    Definitions

    1. a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
  8. 2. a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set

    Derived terms

    • represent

Famous quotes

  • « I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs. »
    Sigourney Weaver
  • « I have put gay dating on the map. »
    Patti Stanger
  • « So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off the map and there's no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. »
    Michael Stipe

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