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# map

«map» in Mova's school dictionary: **A drawing of an area — a room, town, country or the world…** — 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 map, maps); verb (map, maps, mapped, mapping; map out)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A drawing of an area — a room, town, country or the world — seen from above, showing where places are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#m1)

2) Verb: to make a map of a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#m2)

3) Map out: to plan something carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography: maps have a title, key (legend), scale, compass (N, E, S, W) and grid references; an atlas is a book of maps; a globe is a round map. In maths: grid coordinates (across, then up), scale (1 cm = 1 km), distances. In safety: carry a map when hiking; know where you are. Phrases: on the map, read a map, map key, treasure map, world map, map out, put on the map.

### examples

- Look at the map to find the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x1)
- The map key shows what the symbols mean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x2)
- On this map 1 cm stands for 1 km. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x3)
- North is usually at the top of a map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x4)
- We drew a treasure map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x5)
- Can you find Canada on the world map? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x6)
- Use the grid on the map: go across, then up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x7)
- We mapped our school playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x8)
- The master pointed to the map on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/map/#x9)

### note

Countable: maps. Verb: mapped, mapping (double p). In maths with scale: if 1 cm = 2 km, then 5 cm on the map = 10 km in real life. A map is flat, so it stretches some parts of the round Earth (Greenland looks much bigger than it is).

### In the corpora

- [Map apps guess traffic from data sent by many phones and can suggest a faster route.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/15/)
- [The sides of the well were filled with cupboards and book-shelves, with maps and pictures hung on pegs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole/13/)
- [They find Toad in a garden chair with a big map on his knees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/0/)
- [On most maps, north is at the top.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/16-landmarks/12/)
- [Phone maps are helpful, but batteries run out, so it is wise to know your route too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/16-landmarks/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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