US /ɡɹæf/ UK /ɡɹɑːf/
noun verb Freq #20654

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A diagram that shows the relationship between sets of numbers, usually drawn with lines or bars.

    The graph shows how sales rose over the year.

  2. 2
    verb

    To draw something as a graph.

    We graphed the temperature for each day of the week.

  3. 3
    noun

    In mathematics, a set of points (nodes) connected by lines (edges).

    In computer science, a network can be modelled as a graph.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a diagram that shows the... graphical record
2 verb · to draw something as a graph. chart
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Word family
Forms graphedgraphinggraphs
Derived forms bigraphbraingraphcographelastographergographfatgraphflowgraphfluviographgastrographgraph-theoreticgraph-theoreticalgraph-theoretically
Related forms graphemegraphicgraphicalgraphism

Etymology

Clipping of graphic formula. From 1878; verb from 1889.

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