mapnoun [ C ]
uk/mæp/us/mæp/A2 a drawing of the earth's surface, or part of that surface, showing the shape and position of different countries, political borders, natural features such as rivers and mountains, and artificial features such as roads and buildings:
a drawing that gives you a particular type of information about a particular area:
something that shows the position of stars in the sky or the features on the surface of planets:
a very simple drawing that shows a direction of travel between one place and another:
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- To find your nearest UK school, we have a clickable map dividing the UK into regions.
- I'm not quite sure how to get there - I'd better consult a map.
- This map has contours marked at 250-metre intervals.
- Let's aim for Coventry first, and then we'll have a look at the map.
- On this map, demarcations between regions are shown with dotted lines.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Maps & map-making
- cartographer
- chart
- coastline
- contour
- elevation
- GPS
- grid reference
- isohyet
- isoline
- isotherm
- key
- meridian
- os
- plotter
- pt
- satnav
- survey
- the prime meridian
- time zone
- triangulation
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Idiom(s)
mapverb [ T ]
uk/mæp/us/mæp/-pp-to represent an area of land in the form of a map:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Maps & map-making
- cartographer
- chart
- coastline
- contour
- elevation
- GPS
- grid reference
- isohyet
- isoline
- isotherm
- key
- meridian
- os
- plotter
- pt
- satnav
- survey
- the prime meridian
- time zone
- triangulation
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