as in estimating
to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing
They used a computer program to graph monthly rainfall amounts over a period of five years.
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of graphing
Imagine graphing our constraints for a, b and c in three dimensions.
—
Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphing
Verb
-
Lee also warned about drawing strong conclusions from early returns, estimating that only about 40% of ballots cast had been counted through Wednesday.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
-
And after estimating the size of the potential explosion, the new evacuation zone is bigger than before, extending a full mile away from the plant.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
Verb
-
Securing access to computing power is becoming a key hurdle in the global AI race as companies compete to train increasingly powerful models.—
Melissa Hancock,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
-
The team checked this directly by computing how much of each galaxy's baryon budget actually stayed bound to the system.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
Verb
-
Bolsonaro was arrested and ultimately convicted of plotting a coup to overturn the results of that election.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
-
Scary Movie was just released and Marlon Wayans is already plotting a cameo for the next sequel.—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
Verb
-
With Thursday’s news, the Red Wings will now have to spend that time effectively re-charting the course of their offseason — and potentially their direction as a franchise.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
-
Two years after the DOJ revealed its initial findings, while the Greenberg administration was charting its path to reform in early 2025, officers were still engaging in the problematic policing practices called out by federal investigators, according to the records.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
Verb
-
Framed in my room was a pre-Hispanic calculating tool that was made from colorful strings and beads.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
-
But getting from the ground state to a full mathematical description of the reaction will be far more difficult, involving calculating energies for a whole sequence of intermediate chemical states.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
Verb
-
Its sparse consumption of material and the fact it is obscured by the plane of the Milky Way from our vantage point have made tracing this wind difficult.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
-
But Houston, Tran said, has professional epidemiologists who are monitoring and contract-tracing individuals anytime there is a vaccine-preventable disease that could become an outbreak.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
Verb
-
In the hours leading up to a decisive Game 3 victory in the 2026 NBA Finals—the first such game in New York City in 25 years—the 7-Foot-4 Frenchman spent the afternoon in Gramercy sketching.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
9 June 2026
-
Rather than solving puzzles one by one, Tao began sketching out a rough diagram that showed how different possible algebraic laws relate to one another.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Graphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphing. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
