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# chart

noun (a chart, charts); verb (chart, charts, charted, charting)

«chart» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A drawing that shows information, such as a graph, table or diagram (a bar chart). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m1)
2. A map of the sea or sky used by sailors or pilots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m2)
3. The charts: lists of the most popular songs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m3)
4. To make a chart or map of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m4)
5. To follow or record how something changes (chart your progress). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths: bar chart, pie chart, tally chart, line chart; reading the scale and values. In science: charting results. In everyday life: star chart for rewards, top of the charts. Phrases: chart a course, top the charts.

### Examples

- Draw a bar chart of our favourite fruits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x1)
- The pie chart shows how we spend the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x2)
- The captain studied the sea chart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x3)
- Her song went straight to number one in the charts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x4)
- We charted the plant's height each week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x5)
- My reward chart has ten stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x6)
- The explorers charted the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x7)

### Note

In a bar chart, check the scale: one square may stand for 2 or 5, not 1. A pie chart shows parts of a whole; all the parts add up to 100%. Countable: a chart, charts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chart.html) on Mova free.