Meaning

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features..

Definitions by Sense

1. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
2. A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.
3. (mathematics) A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).
4. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
5. (UK, dated) The face.
6. (board games, video games) An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.
7. (computing) Synonym of associative array.
8. (transitive) To represent by means of a map.

Example Sentences

a map of Australia, a map of Lilliput

He bought a map for the tour of Edinburgh Castle.

Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

Anna, it is a map.

a map of the Earth's magnetic field

The 256 bytes of internal RAM are subdivided as shown in the memory map above.

Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.

Let f be a map from ℝ to ℝ

Word Forms

• maps
• mapping
• mapped

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When Should You Use Map?

Use map when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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