map
verb/mæp/
/mæp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they map | /mæp/ /mæp/ |
| he / she / it maps | /mæps/ /mæps/ |
| past simple mapped | /mæpt/ /mæpt/ |
| past participle mapped | /mæpt/ /mæpt/ |
| -ing form mapping | /ˈmæpɪŋ/ /ˈmæpɪŋ/ |
- map something to make a map of an area synonym chart
- an unexplored region that has not yet been mapped
- Submarines equipped with sonar map the sea floor.
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- map something to discover or give information about something, especially the way it is arranged or organized
- It is now possible to map the different functions of the brain.
- scientific discoveries which help to map our distant past
- We have also mapped the genomes for dogs and cats.
- The service maps the locations of social media users.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from medieval Latin mappa mundi, literally ‘sheet of the world’, from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’ + mundi ‘of the world’ (genitive of mundus).
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