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# map

noun (a map, maps); verb (map, maps, mapped, mapping; map out)

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

## Everyday

1. A drawing of an area — a room, town, country or the world — seen from above, showing where places are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#m1)
2. Verb: to make a map of a place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#m2)
3. Map out: to plan something carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography: maps have a title, key (legend), scale, compass (N, E, S, W) and grid references; an atlas is a book of maps; a globe is a round map. In maths: grid coordinates (across, then up), scale (1 cm = 1 km), distances. In safety: carry a map when hiking; know where you are. Phrases: on the map, read a map, map key, treasure map, world map, map out, put on the map.

### Examples

- Look at the map to find the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x1)
- The map key shows what the symbols mean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x2)
- On this map 1 cm stands for 1 km. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x3)
- North is usually at the top of a map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x4)
- We drew a treasure map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x5)
- Can you find Canada on the world map? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x6)
- Use the grid on the map: go across, then up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x7)
- We mapped our school playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x8)
- The master pointed to the map on the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x9)

### Note

Countable: maps. Verb: mapped, mapping (double p). In maths with scale: if 1 cm = 2 km, then 5 cm on the map = 10 km in real life. A map is flat, so it stretches some parts of the round Earth (Greenland looks much bigger than it is).

## On Mova

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