map
/mæp/
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British/map/
map noun: a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
Noun (1)
map (plural maps)
- A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
- a map of Australia, a map of Lilliput
- He bought a map for the tour of Edinburgh Castle.
- A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.
- a map of the Earth's magnetic field
- The 256 bytes of internal RAM are subdivided as shown in the memory map above.2005, Craig Steiner, The 8051/8052 Microcontroller, page 9
- A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).
- Let f be a map from ℝ to ℝ
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
- The face.
- And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught. He looked like Jack Dempsey at the conclusion of his first conference with Gene Tunney, the occasion, if you remember, when he forgot to duck.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X
- An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.
- I don't want to play this map again!
- Jack loves playing on this Fortnite map.
- Synonym of associative array.
- Synonyms:
- associative array
Verb
map (third-person singular simple present maps, present participle mapping, simple past and past participle mapped)
- To represent by means of a map.
- This large atlas maps the whole world in very great detail.
- Figure 3 maps the pressure distribution within the human circulatory system.
- To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.
- The team is mapping the route of the new railway line.
- The space probe is mapping the Earth's gravitational field.
- To have a direct relationship; to correspond.
- This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work.
- Significantly, the aural-oral data does not map closely to the visual linguistic landscape at NIE.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8
- To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.
- Map "volume down" to the F2 key.
- To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.
- f maps A to B, mapping every a∈A to f(a)∈B.
- Equivalently: f:A→B,a↦f(a)
- To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.
Noun (2) capitalized: MAP
MAP (countable and uncountable, plural MAPs)
- Initialism of missed approach point.
- Initialism of modified American plan, a hotel rate that included accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.
- Synonyms:
- half board
- Initialism of microtubule-associated protein.
- Initialism of modified atmosphere packaging.
- Initialism of mean arterial pressure.
- Acronym of methyl-acetylene propadiene.
- Initialism of multiple aim point.
- Initialism of minor-attracted person.
- Initialism of Mexican-American Princess; overly materialistic and selfish young Mexican-American woman.
- My Puerto Rican roommate, who had survived the New York school system, would sarcastically call me a “MAP” or Mexican-American princess because of my boarding school experience.1994, Latino Law Review, volumes 1-3, page 404
- I guess in many ways I was becoming a Jewish American Princess, also known as a JAP. I thought Jewish men were supposed to totally take care of you. This was not the case with Bob. Oh, I forgot, I’m not Jewish. I was a BAP (translation: a Black American Princess instead of a Jewish American...2010 April, B.J.Ray, Porgies Are Best: A Fishmonger’s Daughter, page 42
- Initialism of multi-animator project; an animation created by several collaborating animators.
- Initialism of muscle action potential
- Initialism of mean arterial pressure
map meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
map in Hindi
- visual representation of an area
- नक़्शा m/नक्शा naqśā, मानचित्र māncitra
map in Tamil
- visual representation of an area
- நிலப்படம் nilappaṭam, வரைபடம் varaipaṭam
map in Marathi
- visual representation of an area
- नकाशा nakāśā
map in Urdu
- visual representation of an area
- نَقْشَہ naqśa, خَرِیطَہ xarīta
More languagesFewer languages
- map in Bengali
- মানচিত্র mancitro, নকশা nokśa
- map in Telugu
- పటము paṭamu
- map in Malayalam
- ഭൂപടം bhūpaṭaṁ
- map in Kannada
- ನಕ್ಷೆ nakṣe, ಭೂಪಟ bhūpaṭa
- map in Punjabi
- ਨਕਸ਼ਾ nakśā
- map in Gujarati
- નકશા nakśā
- map in Odia
- ମାନଚିତ୍ର mānacitra
- map in Sanskrit
- मानचित्र mānacitra
- map in Sinhala
- සිතියම sitiyama
- map in Assamese
- মানচিত্ৰ manositro, নক্সা noksa
- map in Nepali
- नक्शा nakśā
- map in Pashto
- خريطه xaritá, نخشه naxšá, نخچه naxčá, نقشه naqšá
- map in Tagalog
- mapa, talaroonan
- map in Arabic
- خَرِيطَة ḵarīṭa
- map in Malay
- peta
- map in Indonesian
- peta, map, atlas
- map in Thai
- แผนที่ pɛ̌ɛn-tîi
- map in Vietnamese
- bản đồ, địa đồ, ánh xạ
- map in Myanmar
- မြေပုံ mrepum
- Dhivehi
- މެޕް mep
Examples of map in a sentence
- This equipment is designed to map the neurons of the human brain in three dimensions.
- 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.2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original...
- On top of that, each of Evolve's maps are dim, open arenas with little to interact with besides the occasional hostile organism.2015 February 14, Steven Strom, “Evolve Review: Middle of the food chain”, in Ars Technica:
- Maps are littered with little challenges in my pursuit of explorable shortcuts, treasure chests of gear, and statues that grant me more health.2025 February, Lauren Morton, “Review: Dragon Age: The Veilguard”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 54; published online 28 October 2024:
Synonyms of map
Forms of map
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | maps |
| plural | MAPs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | maps |
| present participle | mapping |
| past participle | mapped |
| past | mapped |
Origin of map
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.
Words formed from map
- Abel-Jacobi map
- all over the map
- Arnold's cat map
- automap
- backmap
- battle map
- Beatine map
- Beatus map
- bit map
- bit-map
- bitmap
- blind map
- chain map
- chaotic map
- character map
- choropleth map
- chromatomap
- colormap
- colourmap
- contour map
- coordinate map
- cube map
- cybermap
- dissected map
- drop off the map
- ecomap
- eigenmap
- empathy map
- exponential map
- false map turtle
- fate map
- field map
- flood map
- flowmap
- Gauss map
- geo-map
- geomap
- Gingerbreadman map
- graymap
- hash map
- heat map
- heightmap
- hexamap
- horseshoe map
- hypermap
- identification map
- image map
- inclusion map
- Isidoran map
- isomap
- Karnaugh map
- karyomap
- keymap
- knowledge map
- Kohonen map
- lightmap
- linear map
- linguistic map
- location map
- locator map
Phrases with map
- map out
- mud map
- sky map
- map game
- map onto
- map room
- map seed
- map unit
- mind map
- road map
- site map
- Hénon map
58 more phrasesFewer phrases
- map games
- map units
- shake map
- splat map
- strip map
- taste map
- topic map
- touch map
- trail map
- world map
- height map
- map lichen
- map pocket
- map turtle
- meadow map
- relief map
- ribbon map
- shadow map
- slippy map
- street map
- tongue map
- weight map
- concept map
- map lichens
- map pockets
- map reading
- map turtles
- regular map
- T and O map
- texture map
- weather map
- physical map
- Poincaré map
- quotient map
- thematic map
- time-one map
- treasure map
- map butterfly
- map of Tassie
- overworld map
- political map
- map projection
- put on the map
- transition map
- Weingarten map
- map butterflies
- map of Tasmania
- map projections
- puts on the map
- drops off the map
- false map turtles
- topographical map
- putting on the map
- dropped off the map
- Ordnance Survey map
- self-organizing map
- dropping off the map
- the map is not the territory
Words that rhyme with map
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- scrap
- rap
- slap
- overlap
- pap
- crap
- sap
- yap
- bap
- unwrap
- app
- chap
- dap
- frappe
- nap
- uncap
- wap
- entrap
- enwrap
- fap
- frap
- hap
- jap
- minimap
- Phrygian cap
- plap
- recap
- whap
- anion gap
- asap
- bad rap
- belap
- betrap
- cloth cap
- Fanny Murray cap
- FAPP
- GAAP
- ion trap
- katsap
- lagniappe
- mishap
- Noddy cap
- scap
- shrap
- stap
- umbelap
- unstrap
- voting cap
Questions about map
- What does map mean?
- Map means a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
- What is map in Hindi?
- Map in Hindi is नक़्शा m/नक्शा (naqśā), मानचित्र (māncitra). See Map meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use map in a sentence?
- This equipment is designed to map the neurons of the human brain in three dimensions.
- What part of speech is map?
- Map can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce map?
- Map is pronounced /mæp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of map?
- The plural of map is maps.
Words near map in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: map (page history and authors); MAP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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