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mapping out

mapping out is the present participle and gerund 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 mapping out

What is mapping out the present participle and gerund of?
Mapping out is the present participle and gerund of map out.

Words near mapping out in the dictionary

  1. Mappin's moas
  2. mapping
  3. mapping class group
  4. mapping class groups
  5. mapping onto
  6. mapping out
  7. mapping reduction
  8. mapping reductions
  9. mappings
  10. mappist
  11. mappists

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