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map out

map out verb: to create a map of an area.

Verb

map out (third-person singular simple present maps out, present participle mapping out, simple past and past participle mapped out)

  1. (transitive) To create a map of an area.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To organise a plan; to analyze a situation; to figure out a problem.
  3. (transitive) To make explicit; to explain in detail.
    • You two sit down, and I'll map it out for you.” For the next fifteen minutes I told them a tale of greed, racism, treachery and murder.1992, Roy Maynard, 38 Caliber: An Emerson Dunn Mystery, page 127
    • The grading is tough, just like the classes, but they map it out for you right from the beginning.2007, Carolyn C. Wise, Stephanie Hauser, The College Buzz Book, page 410

Forms of map out

third-person singular presentmaps out
present participlemapping out
past participlemapped out
pastmapped out

Questions about map out

What does map out mean?
Map out means to create a map of an area.
What part of speech is map out?
Map out is a verb.
What is the past tense of map out?
The past tense of map out is mapped out.

Words near map out in the dictionary

  1. map lichen
  2. map lichens
  3. map of Tasmania
  4. map of Tassie
  5. map onto
  6. map out
  7. map pocket
  8. map pockets
  9. map projection
  10. map projections
  11. map reading

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