Meaning & use

Mapped

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Represented an area or system in a diagram showing its features, or planned something out in detail (past tense of map).

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Explorers mapped the coastline for the first time in the eighteenth century.

The team mapped out a strategy before launching the product.

A note on using this word

In genetics and computing, 'mapped' also describes locating specific genes on a chromosome or linking data between two systems.

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