map
/mæp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
noun
A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.
noun
A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).
noun
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
noun
An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.
noun
Example Sentences
- "a map of Australia, a map of Lilliput"
- "He bought a map for the tour of Edinburgh Castle."
- "Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story."
- "Anna, it is a map."
- "a map of the Earth's magnetic field"
- "The 256 bytes of internal RAM are subdivided as shown in the memory map above."
Etymology
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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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mæp/
- British English: /mæp/