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maps out

maps out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 maps out

What is maps out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Maps out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of map out.

Words near maps out in the dictionary

  1. maprotiline
  2. maps
  3. maps of Tasmania
  4. maps of Tassie
  5. maps onto
  6. maps out
  7. mapset
  8. mapsets
  9. Mapson
  10. Mapsons
  11. mapu

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