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The definition of a map is a representation of a particular land or sky area.

(noun)

An example of map is a large piece of paper with all the roads of a state drawn on it.

Map is defined as to plan out a route.

(verb)

An example of map is to plan out the roads one will take from Pennsylvania to Ohio.

See map in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a drawing or other representation, usually on a flat surface, of all or part of the earth's surface, ordinarily showing countries, bodies of water, cities, mountains, etc.
a similar representation of part of the sky, showing the relative position of the stars, planets, etc.
any maplike representation or delineation
Slang the face

Origin: ML mappa (mundi), map (of the world) < L mappa, napkin, cloth (on which maps were painted): said (by Quintilian) to be of Punic orig.; prob. < TalmudHeb mappa < *manpa, contr. < menafa, a fluttering banner

transitive verb mapped, mapping

to make a map or maps of; represent or chart on or as on a map
to arrange or plan in detail: often with out: to map out a project
to survey or explore for the purpose of making a map
Math. to transform, as by a mapping

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mapper noun

Map, Walter 1140?-1209?; Welsh poet & satirist

also, Latin name, Mapes

See map in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A representation, usually on a plane surface, of a region of the earth or heavens.
b. Something that suggests such a representation, as in clarity of representation.
Mathematics The correspondence of elements in one set to elements in the same set or another set.
Slang The human face.
Genetics A genetic map.

transitive verb mapped mapped, map·ping, maps

a. To make a map of.
b. To depict as if on a map: Grief was mapped on his face.
To explore or make a survey of (a region) for the purpose of making a map.
To plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange: mapping out her future.
Genetics To locate (a gene or DNA sequence) in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.
Mathematics To establish a mapping of (an element or a set).

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English mapemounde

Origin: , from Old French mapemond

Origin: , from Medieval Latin mappa (mundī), map (of the world)

Origin: , from Latin, napkin, cloth (on which maps were drawn)

Origin: , perhaps of Punic origin; see npy in Semitic roots

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