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Meaning of map in English

  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 »
  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 »
  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)
  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

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