road map

noun

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

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Definition of road map

1 : a map showing roads especially for automobile travel

2 a : a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal

b : a detailed explanation

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Examples of road map in a Sentence

Did you bring a road map?
a road map to peace

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The name of this play references a New Testament conversion away from zealotry, but nothing within its muddled narrative gives the audience any road map as to who has been converted, what they've been converted to, or why.

— dmitry samarov, Chicago Reader, "Damascus attempts to tackle faith, politics, and race without a road map," 1 June 2018
The plan will help identify infrastructure needs over the coming decades and serve as a road map for future projects.

— Ramona Sentinel, "Agency holds transportation planning workshops," 27 Apr. 2018
Director Ian Bonhôte and screenwriter Peter Ettedgui use McQueen’s collections as pinpoints on the road map of his up-and-down life and career.

— brooke bobb, Vogue, "The New Alexander McQueen Doc Evokes the Eye-Welling, Spine-Tingling Emotion of His Most Memorable Shows," 20 Apr. 2018
Moving to its own chips inside Macs would enable Apple to release new models on its own timelines instead of relying on Intel's processor road map.

— bloomberg, latimes.com, "Apple will dump Intel and use its own chips in Macs, sources say," 3 Apr. 2018
No one can tell the future, but with such a storied past as a road map, Ultra should be anything but lost.

— kat bein, Billboard, "Ultra Music Festival 2018 Plays a Safe Game With Strong Cards in 20th Anniversary: Op-Ed," 27 Mar. 2018
Headed for a 2019 production date, the SKYACTIV-X is the second step of three in a long-term road map for Mazda's future, the third step being what Chen calls an ideal engine that’ll have even less internal friction and therefore greater efficiency.

— matt jancer, Popular Mechanics, "How a Knocking Engine Is the Sign of Automotive Innovation," 11 May 2018
Details are yet to be worked out, but priorities were outlined in a road map produced by an expert group last year.

— dennis normile, Science | AAAS, "Australian scientists welcome boosts in in new federal budget," 9 May 2018
Blankenship, though, presents something more troubling for the GOP: a road map for other primary candidates.

— aaron blake, Washington Post, "Why Don Blankenship is more dangerous for the GOP than Todd Akin, Sharron Angle and Roy Moore," 7 May 2018

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Definition of road map for English Language Learners

: a map that shows the roads in a particular area
: a plan for achieving a goal

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