chart

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to plan in detail

   Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein

2. 2
   verb

   to make a chart of

   chart the territory

3. 3
   verb

   to represent by means of a graph

   chart the data

4. 4
   verb

   To draw a chart or map of.

   chart the seas

5. 5
   verb

   To draw or figure out (a route or plan).

   Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.

6. 6
   verb

   To appear on a hit-recording chart.

   The song has charted for 15 weeks!

7. 7
   noun

   a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

8. 8
   noun

   a visual display of information

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; related to charter.