map (maps plural & 3rd person present) (mapping present participle) (mapped past tense & past participle )
1 n-count A map is a drawing of a particular area such as a city, a country, or a continent, showing its main features as they would appear if you looked at them from above.
oft N of n
He unfolded the map and set it on the floor..., Have you got a map of the city centre?
2 verb To map an area means to make a map of it.
...a spacecraft which is using radar to map the surface of Venus. V n
3 If you say that someone or something put a person, thing, or place on the map, you approve of the fact that they made it become well-known and important.
put sb/sth/swh on the map phrase V inflects (approval)
...the attempts of the Edinburgh Festival's organisers to put C.P. Taylor firmly on the map... map out phrasal verb If you map out something that you are intending to do, you work out in detail how you will do it. I went home and mapped out my strategy... V P n (not pron) I cannot conceive of anybody writing a play by sitting down and mapping it out... V n P This whole plan has been most carefully mapped out. be V-ed P
Ordnance Survey map (Ordnance Survey maps plural )An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map-making organization. n-count
road map (road maps plural )
1 n-count A road map is a map which shows the roads in a particular area in detail.
2 n-count A road map of something is a detailed account of it, often intended to help people use or understand it.
The idea was to create a comprehensive road map of the Web.
route map (route maps plural )
1 n-count A route map is a map that shows the main roads in a particular area or the main routes used by buses, trains and other forms of transport in a particular area.
2 n-count If you describe one thing as a route map for another thing, you mean that it provides a model showing the best way to achieve or describe it.
Nowhere could you find a better route map of the troubles of Northern Ireland than in the articles of The Independent's David McKittrick.
street map (street maps plural )A street map is a map of a town or city, showing the positions and names of all the streets. n-count
