map

Pluralmaps

Formsmaps, mapping, mapped

1. 1
   drawing of placesnouncountable

   A drawing that shows an area and where its places and features are.

   Like a tiny drawing of a place you can hold in your hand.

   We used a map to find the museum downtown.

   He drew a map of an imaginary land for his story.

   UsageSay a map of a city, and find places on the map.

   Similarchart, plan

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   chart an areaverbtransitive

   To make a map of a place, or show where things are as if on a map.

   Like drawing a picture of a place so others can find their way.

   Explorers mapped the coastline before ships could sail there safely.

   Scientists want to map the ocean floor.

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   nouncountable

   A drawing or model that shows the parts of a system and where they are or how they connect.

   Like a chart that shows how all the parts of a machine fit together.

   She drew a map showing how the website's pages link together.

   Our teacher drew a map showing how the ideas in the book connect.

   Similarchart

4. 4
   correspondverbtransitive or intransitive

   To match each thing in one group with a thing in another group, or to match something closely.

   Like matching each key on a ring to the door it opens.

   The program maps each name to a phone number.

   We need to map every code to its meaning.

   UsageSay map one thing to another: map a key to an action.

5. 5
   game areanouncountable

   The area in a video game or board game where the action happens.

   Like the board in a board game: the space where everything happens.

   Players spawn at opposite ends of the map.

   The new map has lots of places to hide.

   UsageYou play a map or play on a map.

   Similarlevel, stage

   Note
6. 6
   math transformationnouncountable

   In math, a rule that links each input to exactly one output.

   Like a rule that pairs each thing with exactly one partner.

   A map takes each value and gives back just one result.

   We studied a map from one set of numbers to another.

   Similarfunction, mapping

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   verbtransitive

   In math, to turn each input into one matching output by a fixed rule.

   Like a machine that takes one number and gives back another.

   This rule maps every number to its double.

   In math, a function must map each input to just one output.

   Similarsend, take

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