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mind map

mind map noun: a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.

mind map: a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially...
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Noun

mind map (plural mind maps)

  1. A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.
    • Mind maps have all the seductiveness of popular science. When we have mastered them, we feel as if we are in possession of a precious secret known only to the select few million who have purchased a book by their progenitor, Tony Buzan. And they come with some grand claims: mind maps "help make...2006 April 18, Philip Beadle, “Mind maps: rubbish in theory, but handy in practice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To create a mind map (around a topic).
    • I mind mapped this article before writing it. It would be interesting to find out whether regular readers notice any rinse in quantity. Mind mapping is easy.2006 April 18, Philip Beadle, “Mind maps: rubbish in theory, but handy in practice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of mind map

Noun
pluralmind maps
alternative formmindmap
alternative formmind-map
Verb
third-person singular presentmind maps
present participlemind mapping
past participlemind mapped
pastmind mapped

Origin of mind map

Popularized by English author and educational consultant Tony Buzan in the 1970s.

Questions about mind map

What does mind map mean?
Mind map means a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.
What part of speech is mind map?
Mind map can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of mind map?
The plural of mind map is mind maps.

Words near mind map in the dictionary

  1. mind how you go
  2. mind like a sieve
  3. mind like a steel trap
  4. mind machine
  5. mind machines
  6. mind map
  7. mind mapped
  8. mind mapper
  9. mind mappers
  10. mind mapping
  11. mind maps

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