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mapped out

mapped out is the simple past and past participle of map out.

Meaning of map out

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

Questions about mapped out

What is mapped out the simple past and past participle of?
Mapped out is the simple past and past participle of map out.

Words near mapped out in the dictionary

  1. mappable
  2. mappae mundi
  3. MAPPAs
  4. mapped
  5. mapped onto
  6. mapped out
  7. mappemond
  8. mappemonde
  9. mappemondes
  10. mappemonds
  11. mappen

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