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{ "term": "map", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/ke/keys.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a drawing or plan of the earth’s surface or part of it, showing countries, towns, rivers, etc.", "sensetop": "on a/the map", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a map of France" }, { "text": "a street map of Miami" }, { "text": "a map of the area/region/world/route" }, { "text": "to **read a/the map** *(= understand the information on a map)*" }, { "text": "large-scale maps" }, { "text": "Can you find Black Hill on the map?", "contextForm": "on a/the map" }, { "text": "to be marked/plotted/shown on a map" }, { "text": "I'll draw you a map of how to get to my house." }, { "text": "Click here to download a map." }, { "text": "an interactive map" }, { "text": "According to the map, we need to head north-east." }, { "text": "He followed the map to Red Square." }, { "text": "In 1924 the Soviet Union redrew the map of Central Asia." }, { "text": "Large maps were displayed around the meeting room." }, { "text": "Maps can reveal the history of a place." }, { "text": "Our town is just off the map." }, { "text": "The museum is clearly marked on the map." }, { "text": "We spread the map out on the floor." }, { "text": "A sketch map of the region showed the main mining areas." }, { "text": "Maria consulted the map." }, { "text": "The map isn't detailed enough to show individual streets." }, { "text": "The weather map showed storms approaching from the north." }, { "text": "There's a political map of Europe on page 28." }, { "text": "Tourist maps are on sale in most newsagents." }, { "text": "It displays the plane's location on a map." }, { "text": "a map of the stars" } ], "topics": ["Geography"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["large-scale", "small-scale", "accurate"], "verb + map": ["read", "use", "check"], "map + verb": [ "indicate something", "show something", "depict something" ], "map + noun": ["projection"], "preposition": ["according to map", "off the map", "on a/​the map"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a diagram to show the positions of things over an area", "examples": [ { "text": "an electron density map" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a diagram to show the position of genes on a chromosome", "examples": [ { "text": "a physical and genetic map of the entire human genome" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "lacking organization; in a confused state", "labels": "(North American English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Oil prices were all over the map last week, but they seem to be more stable now." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very far away or remote", "examples": [ { "text": "Although the town was completely off the map, I was glad that I made the effort to visit." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make somebody/something famous or important", "examples": [ { "text": "This chicken dish put the chef firmly on the map." }, { "text": "The exhibition has helped put the city on the map." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to destroy or remove somebody/something completely", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/mæp/", "audio": "ma/map/map__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/mæp/", "audio": "ma/map/map__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin mappa mundi, literally ‘sheet of the world’, from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’ + mundi ‘of the world’ (genitive of mundus)." }