/t͡ʃɑɹt/, /tʃɑːt/
OriginBorrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; related to charter.
- A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
- A navigator's map.
- A tabular presentation of data; a table.
- A diagram.
“Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many variet”
- A graph.
“Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleague”
- A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
“I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.”
- A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
“They're at the top of the charts again this week.”
- A written deed; a charter.
- Synonym of coordinate chart.
- transitiveTo draw a chart or map of.
- transitiveTo draw or figure out (a route or plan).
“Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.”
“We are on a course for disaster without having charted it.”
“The men in "Homo," (and even perhaps Haynes himself) are not looking for acceptance or validation, but a way to chart their own notions of self-determination in a world that makes little sense and off”
- transitiveTo record systematically.
- transitiveTo enter (medical information) into a medical record.
“Did you chart the urine output yet?”
- intransitiveTo appear on a hit-recording chart.
“The song has charted for 15 weeks!”
“The band first charted in 1994.”
Formscharts(plural) · charts(present, singular, third-person) · charting(participle, present) · charted(participle, past) · charted(past)