CHART


Meaning of CHART in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

bar chart

flip chart

flow chart

follow/monitor/chart sb’s progress (= keep checking it )

Throughout the night, doctors charted his progress.

pie chart

topped...charts

In 1998 the group topped the charts with the song ‘Don’t Stop Loving Me’.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

organizational

Numerous companies also have reshuffled their corporate organizational charts .

Institutions have regulations, codified systems of behavior, organizational flow charts , and job descriptions.

One obvious source of data is the organizational chart , since it shows the design of position power.

New organizational charts often look like wiring diagrams for networks.

The traditional organizational chart with divisions, departments, and sections drawn along functional lines may cease to exist.

top

The result of all this was that the Escort languished in some unfamiliar positions in the top 10 sales chart .

It went on to top the charts for eight incredible weeks.

Let me guess, they placed bets with bookmakers about who would be top of the charts at Christmas.

And one of the records, Men at Work's Down Under, is now top of the chart .

■ NOUN

album

The album sold 18,000 copies within two weeks and entered the album chart at number 47.

bar

This option allows you to make more sweeping changes - for example you can go from a bar chart to a line chart.

To illustrate this I want to put a bar chart and a table from the spreadsheet in my word-processed document.

The bar chart shows Sales on the left and Cost of Sales on the right. 4.

Drawing a bar chart Arrange the bars in some sensible order, such as in order of their lengths.

Immediately the activities and their durations are entered the Gantt bar chart and the end date are displayed.

The bars should be solid, not just drawn in outline. Bar charts are sometimes drawn vertically in columns.

Back to back bar charts can be used as back to back stem and leaf displays were to compare two distributions.

Typically these will include bar charts , pie charts and line graphs although numerous other types can be prepared.

colour

The table shows which companies are publishing the Colour Index Generic Names in their catalogues or on their colour charts .

This is then compared to a colour chart which comes with the test kit, to find the result.

You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink, perhaps by showing me a colour chart .

Ring 0543-481612 for free colour charts .

flow

These are explained with flow charts , diagrams and summaries assisting an understanding of the text.

Mitchell visualized a hormonal flow chart that resembled a metropolitan subway system, all lines headed for the downtown station.

The scale of the effort would have precluded updating the flow chart when new experience was gained or after equipment modification.

It could disappear into the whirring computers and multicolored flow charts of the economic miracle.

An example is given in Table 1. 14. Flow charts .

Institutions have regulations, codified systems of behavior, organizational flow charts , and job descriptions.

An illustration of a flow chart is given in Fig. 1.21.

Obviously if you have a very large project you would never do a flow chart manually.

hit

Over a soundtrack of appropriate chart hits , unidentified teenagers talked about coming to terms with their own sexuality.

It seems this year's surprise chart hit has prompted a renewed interest in the didgeridoo.

organisation

Similarly, the organisation chart is an idealised guide.

Figure 21 shows a typical formal structure embodied in an organisation chart .

The command structure of authority may be shown by an organisation chart , or may be documented in schedules or manuals.

This organisation chart approach would be carried out by implementing each department's system in turn.

The formal structure is the structure of the organisation charts which we have drawn up in this chapter.

It might be useful to think of an organisation chart as a kind of London Underground map.

pie

There are limitations to the use of pie charts .

Each numbered space in this pie chart refers to a question on the Experiment Sheet.

However, these criticisms are outweighed by the visual impact which pie charts have.

A pie chart can help the retailer or business-person see at a glance exactly where the money goes.

Typically these will include bar charts , pie charts and line graphs although numerous other types can be prepared.

show

For example, more people now have key household goods and the benefit of home ownership - as the charts show .

success

Four years ago Pepsi and Shirlie were enjoying considerable chart success and media attention.

table

The chart table is supported on a tier of large drawers and there is adequate space on the bulkhead for mounting instruments.

The outboard-facing chart table is particularly well thought out with a bench seat for the navigator built into the engine box.

Amelia took several photos northward kneeling beside the chart table .

The oilskins locker is in the passage behind the chart table .

The navigator's seat swings out from beneath the chart table when in use.

wall

You pin up a wall chart listing how many calories you eat each day.

You would make a great electronic wall chart of the Domain, eh?

How to evaluate a wall chart: 1.

There was a secret lift in his room, behind one of the full-length wall charts .

■ VERB

draw

I have drawn this chart to a larger scale because it provides an excellent check of the limiting magnitude of binoculars.

One of them greeted each new speaker by drawing an organization chart .

There are others who claim that they can draw up astrological charts which will provide similar details.

I like to draw a diagram or chart rather than write or talk about something 18.

produce

As a full member of the Drapers' Company and with apprentices indentured to him he produced manuscript and engraved charts .

Henderson was given full freedom to produce the charts and the sounds that meander within his head.

use

Philip continues his show with mind-reading using extra sensory perception charts .

Only 38 percent of young adults could use a chart to pick the right grade of sandpaper.

Actually there was one good reason for using the charts: Everyone else did.

The parser works in bottom-up, breadth-first manner and uses a chart for efficiency.

As you use this chart to evaluate the character of your organization, be aware of two important points.

His fees were petty and he didn't bleed his patients with leeches or use strange zodiac charts and stupid incantations.

They would have used the charts even if no one else did.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

shoot to number one/to the top of the charts etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

medical charts

This chart shows last year's sales figures.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Apart from these, weigh all foods you eat when using the F-Plan calorie and fibre charts.

That doesn't always mean a high chart place, although it would be very helpful!

The reactions shown on the metabolic chart would proceed very slowly, or not at all, in the absence of enzymes.

Try to find some of the albums from the Billboard charts on MiniDisc.

We have seen charts that describe the organisational chart of a police authority and yet miss off the lowly police constable.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

course

Others follow regular bulletins to chart his course .

Each made its own decisions and charted its own course .

Now he relies on the blips and beeps of computers and sonars to chart his course and find his fish.

So in 1992 Mr Fuller rounded up employers and hospital officials to chart a new course .

All the far-flung stars must be cataloged, so as to chart a course for sailors over the oceans of the Earth.

The cantankerous aide organized support for health care reform, coordinated the Whitewater defense and helped chart the course to renomination.

history

Tuggener charted a contemporary history that was on the move.

This will chart all of Z7015's history , along with unit badges.

progress

Kim spends most of her time in the kitchen, charting the progress of her late supper.

Have you charted your progress and changed your course appropriately?

In charting the progress of fans' careers, two types of data have been used.

A nerve-wracking wait added to the mounting psychological pressure as we charted the progress of the sun over the Anglesey seascape.

I don't know why we don't throw them away; perhaps we are charting our progress .

Likewise a business plan should be developed in order to chart the proposed progress .

They had charted their son's progress from afar but had not realised the group's popularity.

way

We believe that we have charted a way forward which will secure our future.

And a few visionaries are also charting ways to fit the automobile into a more livable lifestyle.

Let us chart the way by which we arrive at the Fundamental Principle.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Lydell has spent years charting the movement of these asteroids.

She aims to chart new cases of cancer in areas around nuclear power stations.

The article charts how adverts, in the past and in the present, have succeeded in linking the cigarette with sophistication.

The computer will chart the spacecraft's progress as it approaches Saturn.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A nerve-wracking wait added to the mounting psychological pressure as we charted the progress of the sun over the Anglesey seascape.

All the far-flung stars must be cataloged, so as to chart a course for sailors over the oceans of the Earth.

I kept a diary of events and attempted to chart the process by which 6-year-old Balbinder was removed from mainstream education.

The project seeks to chart the speed of reaction by entrants to profitable opportunities, and documents the principal barriers to entry.

You may feel comfortable with your growth, or you may want to chart a course so you can improve even faster.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.