Map Definition
măp
mapped, mapping, maps
noun
maps
A drawing or other representation, usually on a flat surface, of all or part of the earth's surface, ordinarily showing countries, bodies of water, cities, mountains, etc.
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A similar representation of part of the sky, showing the relative position of the stars, planets, etc.
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Any maplike representation or delineation.
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The correspondence of elements in one set to elements in the same set or another set.
American Heritage
The face.
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Synonyms:
verb
mapped, mapping, maps
To make a map or maps of; represent or chart on or as on a map.
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To survey or explore for the purpose of making a map.
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To arrange or plan in detail.
To map out a project.
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To make a genetic map of.
To map the human genome.
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To locate (a particular gene) on a chromosome or plasmid.
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abbreviation
Modified American plan.
American Heritage
(travel) Modified American plan, a hotel rate that included accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.
Wiktionary
idiom
all over the map
- In, from, or to a variety of places; ubiquitously.
- Showing great variety; varied or diverse:
American Heritage
put on the map
- To make well-known, prominent, or famous.
American Heritage
wipe off the map
- To destroy completely; annihilate.
American Heritage
put on the map
- to make well known
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wipe off the map
- to put out of existence
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Map
- all over the map
- put on the map
- wipe off the map
- put on the map
- wipe off the map
Origin of Map
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Shortening of Middle English mapemounde (“world map"), Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundÄ«, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth") and mundus (“world"), mappa borrowed from Phoenician (compare Talmudic Hebrew מפה (maffa), contraction of [script?] (menafa, “fluttering banner")).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English mapemounde from Old French mapemond from Medieval Latin mappa (mundī) map (of the world) from Latin napkin, cloth (on which maps were drawn) perhaps of Punic origin npy in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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