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# chart

«chart» in Mova's school dictionary: **A drawing that shows information, such as a graph, table…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a chart, charts); verb (chart, charts, charted, charting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A drawing that shows information, such as a graph, table or diagram (a bar chart). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m1)

2) A map of the sea or sky used by sailors or pilots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m2)

3) The charts: lists of the most popular songs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m3)

4) To make a chart or map of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m4)

5) To follow or record how something changes (chart your progress). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: bar chart, pie chart, tally chart, line chart; reading the scale and values. In science: charting results. In everyday life: star chart for rewards, top of the charts. Phrases: chart a course, top the charts.

### examples

- Draw a bar chart of our favourite fruits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x1)
- The pie chart shows how we spend the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x2)
- The captain studied the sea chart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x3)
- Her song went straight to number one in the charts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x4)
- We charted the plant's height each week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x5)
- My reward chart has ten stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x6)
- The explorers charted the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/#x7)

### note

In a bar chart, check the scale: one square may stand for 2 or 5, not 1. A pie chart shows parts of a whole; all the parts add up to 100%. Countable: a chart, charts.

### In the corpora

- [A chore chart lists the household jobs and who does each one, so work is shared fairly and nobody has to nag.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/10/)
- [The big chart of coloured squares on the science-classroom wall is the periodic table, and every square is one element.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/1/)
- [The lesson was wasted, and he had to own up and make a practice chart for the fridge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/8/)
- [Jayden made a turn chart in four colours and stuck it on Mia's wall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/15/)
- [Rules written down, like a turn chart, are easier to keep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chart» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.