map

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A drawing of an area that shows where places, roads, and features are.

   We used a map to find the way to the old castle.

2. 2
   verb

   To make a map of an area by exploring or surveying it.

   Scientists are still mapping the deepest parts of the ocean.

3. 3
   verb

   To plan or describe something in detail.

   The team met to map out their plans for the new year.

Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component. Doublet of mop, nape, and nappe.

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