Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To represent by means of a map.

    This large atlas maps the whole world in very great detail.

    Figure 3 maps the pressure distribution within the human circulatory system.

    depict as if on a map

  2. (transitive)To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.

    The team is mapping the route of the new railway line.

    The space probe is mapping the Earth's gravitational field.

    explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

  3. (intransitive)To have a direct relationship; to correspond.

    This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work.

  4. (transitive)To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.

    Map "volume down" to the F2 key.

    abbilden, kartografieren

  5. (transitive)To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.

    f maps A to B, mapping every a∈A to f(a)∈B.

    Equivalently: f:A→B,a↦f(a)

    abbilden

  6. (transitive)To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.

Examples

656 sentences
  1. Take a look at this map.

    Поглянь на цю карту. — aandrusiak

    ruВзгляни на эту карту. — Olya

    deWirf einen Blick auf diese Karte. — kroko

  2. Here's a big map of Germany.

    Це велика карта Німеччини. — brambury

    ruВот большая карта Германии. — Tonari

    deHier ist eine große Deutschlandkarte. — MUIRIEL

  3. The map is on the wall.

    Мапа вісить на стіні. — deniko

    ruКарта висит на стене. — ABChessel

    deDie Karte hängt an der Wand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. There's a map on the wall.

    На стіні висить мапа. — uaspeaker

    ruНа стене висит карта. — Hellerick

    deAn der Wand hängt eine Karte. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Tom is looking at the map.

    Том дивиться на мапу. — deniko

    ruТом смотрит на карту. — marafon

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to create a visual representation of a territory:

Origin

Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from

Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component. Doublet of mop, nape, and nappe.

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Forms

maps, mapping, mapped, mapped
Base formmap · to map
3rd person singularmaps
Present participlemapping
Past simplemapped
Past participlemapped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymap
he, she, itmaps

Past simpleLesson

all personsmapped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mapped
he, she, ithas mapped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill map

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets):represent
  • plan, delineate, or arrange in detail:map out

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the map
  • draw a map
  • a map of
  • have a map
  • map on the
  • buy a map
  • at the map
  • on this map
  • a map for
  • the map on
  • at reading maps
  • map of the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
map — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto