1A sheet of information in the form of a table, graph, or diagram.

1. 1.1usually the charts A weekly listing of the current best-selling pop records.
   she topped the charts for eight weeks

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   • Their debut album shot to the top of the charts on March 6 and sold more than 200,000 in its first week on sale.
   • He landed more records on the charts than anyone in history.
   • The act's new album, currently topping the charts, looks set to do the same.
   • His work has taken him to Europe, Japan and China, where his artist is currently topping the charts.
   • All will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of last year's winner, David Sneddon, who topped the charts with his debut single, Stop Living The Lie.
   • Both the single and the album have topped the charts with the album selling more than 600,000 copies in three months.
   • The band, who topped the charts with their self-titled debut record, hope to have the new material ready for release early next year.
   • It should surprise no one that the record entered the charts at No. 1 in eleven countries.
   • I believe their music is better than some music currently fighting for the charts.
   • Glenn Miller's follow-up recording remained at the top of the charts for months.
   • The song, the undoubted highlight of the evening, is currently top of the charts - with a little help from Bolton comedian Peter Kay.
   • His highly anticipated CD made its way to the top of the charts, selling an impressive 450,000 copies its first week in stores.
   • Now he is a rap star whose music tops the charts in his adopted home of Kenya.
   • Yesterday he was whisked from his North London hotel after grabbing a few hours' sleep to begin the journey he hopes will take him to the top of the charts.
   • I haven't had a number one record in the charts but then again I think that can have its own pitfalls.
   • It brought the guys back into the charts, but it was another eight months before they recorded a brand new album at a studio in Sweden.
   • In the early 1960s, the lyrical tenor saxophonist Stan Getz topped the charts with recordings of music by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim.
   • I did a couple of interviews for some popular magazines and had a record in the charts which is unusual for a jazz musician but for the most part, I was just trying to let folks know about jazz music.
   • It was a landmark and helped lay the foundations for the current urban music takeover of the charts and clubs.
   • That was also an era when comedy records were routinely topping the charts.

   Synonyms

   hit parade, top twenty
2. 1.2 A geographical map or plan, especially one used for navigation by sea or air.
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   • Among the items in the collection is Captain Cook's original chart of Newfoundland - one of more than 100,000 items which will be located in the Naval Base.
   • The case for more accurate and timely government nautical charts seems to have resonated within the new Bush Administration this year.
   • Many were wrecked because of inadequate knowledge or charts, poor navigation skills or handling but also as a result of the unpredictable seas and weather.
   • Dee prepared nautical information, including charts for navigation in the polar regions, for the company during the next 32 years.
   • Your choice of aeronautical charts also is important.
   • These objects were not marked on nautical charts.
   • The manual also contains a handy navigation chart for the control panel on the printer itself.
   • He also drew the first accurate navigation charts of the islands.
   • Items on a table included an air chart of the US, and a flight instruction manual.
   • Until now, boaters with navigation software had to purchase their charts from a vendor or pay a vendor for a subscription to a chart updating service.
   • For example, you want to make sure that the ‘old’ name is removed from everything on board, including log books and charts.
   • Each participant of the rally, that began from Grand Hyatt hotel here, was given a navigation chart containing directions of route and driving speed.
   • Her current task is to undertake survey work, updating existing charts and navigational resources.
   • Having to navigate whilst seated on the deck facing aft with only a chart, a stopwatch and a navigation plan is a feat few could accomplish and must be admired.
   • The only hang-up was the navigation chart got sucked out the window somewhere over North Carolina; fortunately, we were in a familiar area.
   • Balides, embarking on his 24th mission, was there with his track chart and flight plan.
   • Our chart showed a group of small islands off to starboard, with - unusually - a marked channel leading in.
   • Without an accurate chart, she anchored in Betano Bay at dusk on September 23, 1942 and commenced disembarking troops over her quarterdeck.
   • Glancing at our navigation chart, I noticed the Lakehurst Naval Air Station with its huge airship hangars was slightly off course inland.
   • All the airspace changes will be depicted on aeronautical charts from November 25.

   Synonyms

   blueprint, drawing, scale drawing, diagram, sketch, map, layout, artist's impression
3. 1.3Medicine A written record of information about a patient.
   scribbled on a patient's chart

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   • The agreement may be written as a physician's note in the patient's chart so that it can be referred to later.
   • Clinical information was retrieved from the patient's medical chart.
   • The nurse greets the patient and after reviewing the patient's chart, performs an assessment.
   • However, each chart had a record of the patients' symptoms, physical examination, and therapy given.
   • A coding error may have resulted from misinterpretation of the patient's chart.
   • The nurse then went over the patient's chart, and they talked about the surgical procedure.
   • Their role is to help the student acquire the data, either through the computer or patient's chart.
   • It is essential that the volume be exact and that this volume is recorded in the patient's chart.
   • Even in 2001, most results still were either printed out or manually written on patient charts.
   • The patient's chart provides information that shows that care has been provided and can be used to resolve questions or concerns about the provision of care.
   • If the patient has been admitted to the hospital before, the preadmission nurse reviews the patient's previous chart as well.
   • He or she reviews the patient's chart for relevant laboratory values, the presence of a consent for blood administration, and an order for blood products.
   • Clinical data and follow-up information were obtained from patients' charts and referring clinicians in all cases.
   • Most clinicians expect a patient's chart to contain reliable and valid information and understand that it serves as the legal record of the patient's care.
   • I also found it physically awkward to juggle the tablet and the patient's chart, which I often had to do this weekend when paged in the middle of writing a progress note.
   • The patient's hospital chart contained little information on his past social history or family medical history.
   • If the presence of severe pain is confirmed, a ‘pain’ sticker is placed on the patient's chart.
   • Concerned, the pharmacist goes to the patient's chart and briefly reviews the case.
   • Results are documented on the patient's chart, and abnormal results are reported to the surgeon or his or her designated assistant.
   • Ideally, have the patient's chart or pertinent laboratory data on hand during the conversation.
4. 1.4Astrology A map showing the positions of the planets at the time of someone's birth, from which astrologers are said to be able to deduce character or potential.
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   • They did not even usefully agree on what the birth chart indicates.
   • You have great potential in your birth chart and the ability to always learn something new.
   • One can almost say we see your mother in your birth chart.
   • Even though the sun is important in the birth chart, it is only one of many indicators of personality.
   • What I noticed in your birth chart in particular is an opposition between moon in Taurus and Venus in Scorpio.
   • A birth chart looks a bit like a pie cut into 12 slices.
   • The possibility of a knock to the head affecting the hearing is not unsupported in his birth chart.
   • His birth chart indicates much tension in his love life and suggests a divine discontent that would never let him rest on his laurels.
   • But to remain cheerful I decided to get an online birth chart reading.
   • Does being born on a leap year day have any significance in your birth chart?
   • The astrologer can look at my birth chart and say that it's a very good time to start my export-import business.
   • It is well worth finding out the position of Jupiter by sign and house in your birth chart, as these hold clues to how you can/will find abundance and joy in life.
   • The lack of air in a birth chart can indicate difficulty in the expression of that person.
   • If it is at all possible for you, I suggest you attend it and perhaps get an in-depth reading of your birth chart from one of the excellent astrologers who will be there.
   • There really is very little astrological connection between your birth chart and his that would indicate a long-term relationship.
   • So I would go to the library and get books on different companies, then look at the charts for the companies, trying to work out whether you could actually see what happened to the company by looking at its birth chart.
   • Oddly enough, as you have noted, Saturn is the strongest planet in your birth chart.
   • Your astrologer will work from your birth chart based on your birth details.
   • The natal chart, or birth chart, is an accurate map of the sky at the time of birth; equivalent to a fingerprint with everyone's being unique.
   • However, if for some reason you simply want to ‘look ahead’ without much in-depth analysis of the birth chart, you may order this report.

1with object Make a map of (an area).

1. 1.1 Plot (a course) on a chart.
   the pilot found his craft taking a route he had not charted

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   • It wants to chart the changing landscape of the area and its transformation from marshes to a new town.
   • But he must be left unfettered to chart his own course, do the job as a true political leader and with all the powers normally associated with true leadership.
   • Hence they can be used as unfaltering focal points by which to chart your personal development.
   • They wanted their clubs to go one way, but found others charting a different course.
   • Actually, the route that the bus follows was charted by a police constable by the name of Tolmer.
   • It was Charles de Gaulle who first charted this course.
   • Her surname suits, because you'll need an atlas to chart her background.
   • You have to chart your own course, for you know best your situation.
   • I shall continue to chart my own course to recovery.
   • Instead we carry on our proud tradition of charting an independent course.
   • Rather than tying literary phenomena to underlying social and political developments, she charts an autonomous history for literature itself.
   • Knowing how they have charted their courses can only help as you begin to chart yours.
   • It is the 17th book in a series of guides charting the pharmaceutical industry's progress in major disease areas.
   • And by far the best way to enjoy it is to hire a cabin cruiser and chart a course along its winding length.
   • Lee turned from the windows and followed his executive to the table, and they began to chart a new course.
   • It highlights key facets of presidential policies and priorities, difficulties and conflicts, while charting the developing nature of the office.
   • The Canadian Cancer Society, on the other hand, has recently charted an independent course.
   • Although it charts the development of ideas in Van Gogh's ouevre, the show is not organised strictly chronologically, but by theme.
   • In the special exhibition area the costume gallery charts some of the radical changes that have occurred in tennis outfits, especially for women.
   • A new book has been published tracing the history of an Oakworth family and charting its influence on the area.

   Synonyms

   follow, trace, outline, describe, detail, note, report, record, register, document, chronicle, log, catalogue
2. 1.2 Record the progress or development of.
   the poems chart his descent into madness

   a major series charting the history of country music

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   • Participants also calculated and charted a weekly summary of their lifestyle activities in each area for additional feedback.
   • Participants recorded and charted their daily lifestyle activities in each area to provide evaluative feedback.
   • In an intensive work period, Beagle surveyed more than 120 square miles of sea-bed, locating and charting more than 3,500 identifiable individual features.
   • All aspects of each practice game should be charted and recorded so that individual player analysis is complete.
   • A national database charts more than 28 million UK addresses which can identify whether or not a home has a licence.
   • The work is double- and triple-checked by two other reporters charting the game from home.
   • In principle, victim surveys are an additional way of charting the nature of victimization.
   • This now holds over 5.2 million records of marine life and has charted 38,000 species.
   • As there can be 100 or so storms a year meteorologists need a means of identifying individual storms to avoid confusion, especially as one or more storms may be followed and charted by many meteorologists simultaneously.
   • System software generates reports and charts the results to user specifications.
   • The stable funds will rarely need charting, just a monthly record of prices.
   • The technique measures activity in different regions of the brain by charting the flow of blood to particular areas.
   • These summary scores and a summary score for all areas were calculated, recorded, and charted on a lifestyle summary sheet.
   • Jane, a registered nurse on a busy surgical unit, completes an assessment of one of her assigned postoperative patients but charts minimal information on the patient record.
   • The final survey results will be revealed in the live event starting in late May, with the overall aim being to gain 100,000 recordings charting spring's arrival.
   • Federal investigators are scouring records to chart the life of the animal and others in its birth herd for evidence that they may have consumed contaminated feed.
   • Today, unattended robotic telescopes scan skies that have been charted over centuries, recording their findings in modern databases.
   • Coach Smith's system of different defenses are charted in the following diagram.
   • Certain off licences in the city centre operate a refusal register, which charts the estimated age of children that they turn away.
   • I explain their viewing will be first charted, then restricted.

   Synonyms

   follow, trace, outline, describe, detail, note, report, record, register, document, chronicle, log, catalogue

   tabulate, plot, graph, delineate, map, map out, draw up, sketch, draft, document, record, register, represent

2no object (of a record) enter the weekly music charts at a particular position.