map

1. 1.

   a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

   Broaderrepresentation

   Narrowerchartchoropleth mapcontour mapplatroad mapsketch mapweather map
2. 2.

   (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

   Synonymsfunctionmathematical functionsingle-valued functionmapping

   Broadermathematical relation

   Narrowerpolynomialexpansioninverse functionKronecker delta

Other forms of map

plural

maps·

past tense or participle

mapped

present participle

mapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about map

What does map mean?

map means "make a map of; show or establish the features of details of". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in map?

map has 1 syllable: map. In IPA it is /ˈmæp/.

What is another word for map?

Close synonyms include map out, represent, function, mathematical function, single-valued function. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is map a common word?

map is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.