map
♦ map /m'æp/ (maps mapping mapped)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A map is a drawing of a particular area such as a city, a country, or a continent, showing its main features as they would appear if you looked at them from above.
He unfolded the map and set it on the floor...
Have you got a map of the city centre?
2 [VERB] V n
To map an area means to make a map of it.
...a spacecraft which is using radar to map the surface of Venus.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that someone or something put a person, thing, or place on the map, you approve of the fact that they made it become well-known and important.
...the attempts of the Edinburgh Festival's organisers to put C.P. Taylor firmly on the map...map out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P, be V-ed P
If you map out something that you are intending to do, you work out in detail how you will do it.
I went home and mapped out my strategy...
I cannot conceive of anybody writing a play by sitting down and mapping it out...
This whole plan has been most carefully mapped out.Ord|nance Sur|vey map (Ordnance Survey maps)
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An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map-making organization.road map (road maps)
1 [N-COUNT]
A road map is a map which shows the roads in a particular area in detail.
2 [N-COUNT]
A road map of something is a detailed account of it, often intended to help people use or understand it.
The idea was to create a comprehensive road map of the Web.
3 [N-COUNT] usu N to/for n
When politicians or journalists speak about a road map to or for peace or democracy, they mean a set of general principles that can be used as a basis for achieving peace or democracy.
He also raised doubts about the American road map to a peace settlement.route map (route maps)
1 [N-COUNT]
A route map is a map that shows the main roads in a particular area or the main routes used by buses, trains and other forms of transport in a particular area.
2 [N-COUNT]
If you describe one thing as a route map for another thing, you mean that it provides a model showing the best way to achieve or describe it.
Nowhere could you find a better route map of the troubles of Northern Ireland than in the articles of The Independent's David McKittrick.street map (street maps)
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A street map is a map of a town or city, showing the positions and names of all the streets.
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A map is a drawing of a particular area such as a city, a country, or a continent, showing its main features as they would appear if you looked at them from above.
He unfolded the map and set it on the floor...
Have you got a map of the city centre?
2 [VERB] V n
To map an area means to make a map of it.
...a spacecraft which is using radar to map the surface of Venus.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that someone or something put a person, thing, or place on the map, you approve of the fact that they made it become well-known and important.
...the attempts of the Edinburgh Festival's organisers to put C.P. Taylor firmly on the map...map out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P, be V-ed P
If you map out something that you are intending to do, you work out in detail how you will do it.
I went home and mapped out my strategy...
I cannot conceive of anybody writing a play by sitting down and mapping it out...
This whole plan has been most carefully mapped out.Ord|nance Sur|vey map (Ordnance Survey maps)
[N-COUNT]
An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map-making organization.road map (road maps)
1 [N-COUNT]
A road map is a map which shows the roads in a particular area in detail.
2 [N-COUNT]
A road map of something is a detailed account of it, often intended to help people use or understand it.
The idea was to create a comprehensive road map of the Web.
3 [N-COUNT] usu N to/for n
When politicians or journalists speak about a road map to or for peace or democracy, they mean a set of general principles that can be used as a basis for achieving peace or democracy.
He also raised doubts about the American road map to a peace settlement.route map (route maps)
1 [N-COUNT]
A route map is a map that shows the main roads in a particular area or the main routes used by buses, trains and other forms of transport in a particular area.
2 [N-COUNT]
If you describe one thing as a route map for another thing, you mean that it provides a model showing the best way to achieve or describe it.
Nowhere could you find a better route map of the troubles of Northern Ireland than in the articles of The Independent's David McKittrick.street map (street maps)
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A street map is a map of a town or city, showing the positions and names of all the streets.