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map

Main Entry:: ¹map
Pronunciation:: \ˈmap\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Medieval Latin mappa, from Latin, napkin, towel
Date:: 1527

1 a: a representation usually on a flat surface of the whole or a part of an area b: a representation of the celestial sphere or a part of it2: something that represents with a clarity suggestive of a map <the Freudian map of the mind — Harold Bloom>3: the arrangement of genes on a chromosome —called also genetic map4: function 5a

— map·like

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\-ˌlīk\ adjective

— all over the map

: marked by a high degree of variation

— on the map

: in a position of prominence or fame <had put the fledgling university on the map— Lon Tinkle>

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