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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Nearly all of Tesla’s competition still follows the same road map. Patrick George, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025 In fact, its peers in Five Below and Dollar General gave us the road map. Jay Woods, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025 The pair work closely together to develop a road map for how the business software provider will invest in building AI-native products. John Kell, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025 Similarly, founders and operators may draw insight from the types of businesses attracting capital—those solving deep, systemic challenges—when evaluating their own positioning, go-to-market strategies or technical road maps. Arthur Mouratov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for road map

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 9 Sep. 2025.

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