road map

noun

1
: a map showing roads especially for automobile travel
2
a
: a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal
b
: a detailed explanation

Examples of road map in a Sentence

Did you bring a road map? a road map to peace
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This article provides a road map for successfully implementing GenAI. Step 1: Architecting A GenAI Governance Framework The use of GenAI must be rooted in a strong governance framework. Blake Gibson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 The group, at its first conference in July, is developing a global road map, ranging from fundraising to coordination with researchers and companies, for finding therapeutics that could help people with ReNU. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025 Musk’s road map suggests SpaceX hopes to send up to five uncrewed Starship vehicles loaded with cargo to Mars during that time. Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 19 June 2025 The defunct Concorde, with nearly 60-year-old technology, provided no road map, and the ban the FAA enacted on overland supersonic flights thanks to that aircraft’s iconic boom! remained an active roadblock. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for road map

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of road map was in 1741

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“Road map.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20map. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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