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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)."
}