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Definition of chart verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chart

verb
 
/tʃɑːt/
 
/tʃɑːrt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they chart
 
/tʃɑːt/
 
/tʃɑːrt/
he / she / it charts
 
/tʃɑːts/
 
/tʃɑːrts/
past simple charted
 
/ˈtʃɑːtɪd/
 
/ˈtʃɑːrtɪd/
past participle charted
 
/ˈtʃɑːtɪd/
 
/ˈtʃɑːrtɪd/
-ing form charting
 
/ˈtʃɑːtɪŋ/
 
/ˈtʃɑːrtɪŋ/
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  1. chart something to record or follow the progress or development of somebody/something
    • The exhibition charts the history of the palace.
    • The tests are used to chart the progress of both the schools and their pupils.
    • His job was to chart the progress of the spacecraft.
    Extra Examples
    • She received letters charting the progress of the child.
    • The book charts the history of the airport.
    • The exhibition charts the development of modern Irish painting.
  2. chart something to plan a course of action
    • She had carefully charted her route to the top of her profession.
  3. chart something to make a map of an area synonym map
    • Cook charted the coast of New Zealand in 1768.
  4. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French charte, from Latin charta ‘paper, papyrus leaf’ from Greek khartēs.
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