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noun

ˈdī-ə-ˌgram How to pronounce diagram (audio)
Definition of diagramnext
as in illustration
something that visually explains or decorates a text the explanation of the process of photosynthesis is accompanied by a very useful diagram

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verb

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as in to catalog

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as in to chart

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Recent Examples of diagram
Noun
Students could then be assigned a diagram of the water cycle with missing labels; filling in the blanks on the diagram offers them a hands-on activity to reinforce the information in the quiz. — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026 Now, yes, staring at the ceiling long enough to draw you a diagram of the paint peeling. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Verb
The black box of the human body was broken open and diagrammed in front of her; she was fascinated by the machinery. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026 For one night, the coach known for her edge and emotion wasn’t diagramming plays for the longtime NBA coach. — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diagram
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagram
  1. illustration
  2. catalog
  3. chart
  4. graphic
  5. index
  6. loop
  7. visual
  8. classify
Noun
  • These covers were respectively created by graphic designer Ben Denzer, freelance artist Patrice Sheridan (after an illustration by Thomas Colligan), and Penguin Associate Art Director Amanda Dewey.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The mods think Reddit might have designated the website—and thus any post using its content for explanatory illustrations—as spam.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of illustration
Verb
  • They’re often orchestrated by professional companies, such as Everything But The House, Grasons, Handled, and Treasured Estates, who catalogue and price the items, then manage transactions and crowd control during the event.
    — Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This vulture is one of more than 120 bird species that Gadberry, a Florida native, has cataloged during his extensive travels throughout the state.
    — Patrick Connolly Orlando Sentinel, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of catalog
Verb
  • But while the new senator has championed some of her brother's priorities, like a Russia sanctions bill the Senate approved last week, she's also attempted to chart her own path.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Whatever the case, the occasion seemed a good moment to rank all 29 of Mellencamp’s singles that have charted on Billboard’s Hot 100 — starting with the worst and ending with the best.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of chart
Noun
  • Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Instead of seeing supercomputers as devices that customers buy and use — the argument goes — these systems, filled with Nvidia's graphics processing units that can cost $3 million per rack, look like profitable investments.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Use of similar text-chain graphics has spread to other types of programming.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of graphic
Verb
  • Arcade says its ToolBench benchmark indexed more than 43,400 MCP servers and analyzed 219,069 tools.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • OpenAI faced a similar controversy last year when Google indexed shared user chats on ChatGPT that had been created with the public link function.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of index
Verb
  • Quite probably the whole incident doesn’t happen, and the Waymo has to loop around to get into that parking lot to get its passengers.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In this way, users could loop one end around the frame, rear wheel, and an adjacent immovable object (such as a sign post), while looping the other end around the front wheel.
    — Ben Coxworth July 18, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
Definition of loop
Noun
  • External monitors or televisions can be connected for sharing visuals with clients or colleagues.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Randau cleverly uses different visuals to show Kersten and his wife’s description of the same incident.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of visual
Verb
  • But the chief declined to classify the violence as gang-related at a community briefing on July 24, when reporters pressed her about whether the people involved belonged to rival gangs or families.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the first big commercial systems, like AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, and HotBot, used crawlers and indexes to automatically map a growing web rather than relying on editors to hand-classify every site.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
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