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chart
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- pronunciation:
- chart
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a display of information in graphic or tabular form.
The television listings are shown in a chart in the newspaper.This chart shows the company's profits and loss over the past ten years.
- synonyms:
- diagram, graph, table
- similar words:
- blueprint, drawing, figure, illustration, layout, pictograph, plan, plate, schematic, tabulation
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| definition 2: |
a marine or aeronautic map.
The captain studied the charts before setting a new course.- similar words:
- map, plan
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| definition 3: |
an outline map used to show the distribution of particular conditions such as weather, soil type, or population.
- similar words:
- diagram, map, outline, weather map
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| related words: |
graphic |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
charts, charting, charted |
| definition 1: |
to make a map of or record the measurements of.
Many of these small islands were not charted until the 1900s.The depths of this sea are being charted for the first time.Scientists are charting the amount of rainfall in the region.- synonyms:
- map
- similar words:
- fathom, measure, plumb, record, sound, survey
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| definition 2: |
to display on a table or graph
On this page the author charts changes in average income.- synonyms:
- diagram, graph, tabulate
- similar words:
- delineate, depict, draw up, list, plot, portray, represent, table
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| definition 3: |
to lay out a plan for.
The purpose of this meeting is to chart our course over the next three years.The captain charted a course back to England.- synonyms:
- draft, map, plan
- similar words:
- arrange, draw up, formulate, outline, plot, project
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| related words: |
route |
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| derivations: |
chartable (adj.), chartless (adj.) |
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