Definitions for MAP

MAP map

Spelling: [map]
IPA: /mæp/

Map is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in MAP (amp).

Definitions for MAP

noun

  1. a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
  2. a maplike delineation, representation, or reflection of anything:
  3. Mathematics. function (def 4a).
  4. Slang. the face:
  5. Genetics. genetic map.
  6. Walter, c1140–1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.

Idioms

  1. off the map, out of existence; into oblivion:
  2. put on the map, to bring into the public eye; make known, famous, or prominent:

verb (used with object)

  1. to represent or delineate on or as if on a map.
  2. to sketch or plan (often followed by out):

Origin of MAP

1350-1400; Middle English mappe-(mounde) Medieval Latin mappa mundī map of the world; special use of Latin mappa napkin, said to be Punic

Examples for MAP

"Explorations for this map made after the rains," he concluded.

This was also the year Duke University student Belle Knox put college girls on the map.

There is no map that shows these roads as they originally were, but the changes are not so many as you might think.

“Please,” he laughed, handing me the map after he was finished sketching.

In fact, what this map really showed was the fallacy of aggregates – and how statistics can mask real cultural shifts.

But the German map furnished all details for some distance in advance.

A map shows each station on the route, along with marking POW camps and other landmarks along the way.

But we had not reached the latitude of Congo according to his map.

The Millennial Action Project (map) seeks to engage young people in politics and give them more of a voice in governing.

On Mike's face was a map of disaster; the disaster might be trivial or great.

Word Value for MAP
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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