mapping (verb)

  • 121overlay — Ⅰ. overlay UK US /ˌəʊvəˈleɪ/ verb [T] (overlaying, overlaid, overlaid) ► to cover something with a layer of something else: »Sticky tracing paper overlaid on street maps lets travelers chart their course again and again. overlay sth with sth »By… …

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  • 122MapQuest — Internet mapping service, known by that name from 1996; acquired by AOL in 2000. As a verb, by 1997 …

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  • 123map out — PHRASAL VERB If you map out something that you are intending to do, you work out in detail how you will do it. [V P n (not pron)] I went home and mapped out my strategy... [V n P] I cannot conceive of anybody writing a play by sitting down and… …

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  • 124image — noun 1》 a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art.     ↘a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, or other device, or displayed on a video screen.     ↘an optical appearance produced by light from an object… …

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  • 125map onto — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms map onto : present tense I/you/we/they map onto he/she/it maps onto present participle mapping onto past tense mapped onto past participle mapped onto map something onto something to connect one thing to… …

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  • 126map out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms map out : present tense I/you/we/they map out he/she/it maps out present participle mapping out past tense mapped out past participle mapped out to plan in detail how something will happen Her own future had… …

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  • 127map*/*/ — [mæp] noun [C] I 1) a drawing of an area that shows the positions of things such as countries, rivers, cities, and streets a map of northern Europe/the London Underground/New York City[/ex] They never taught us how to read a map at school.[/ex]… …

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  • 128map — /mæp / (say map) noun 1. a representation, on a flat surface, of a part or the whole of the earth s surface, the heavens, or a heavenly body. 2. a map like representation of anything. –verb (t) (mapped, mapping) 3. to represent or delineate in or …