I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bar chart
flip chart
flow chart
follow/monitor/chart sb’s progress (= keep checking it )
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Throughout the night, doctors charted his progress.
pie chart
topped...charts
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In 1998 the group topped the charts with the song ‘Don’t Stop Loving Me’.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
organizational
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Numerous companies also have reshuffled their corporate organizational charts .
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Institutions have regulations, codified systems of behavior, organizational flow charts , and job descriptions.
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One obvious source of data is the organizational chart , since it shows the design of position power.
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New organizational charts often look like wiring diagrams for networks.
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The traditional organizational chart with divisions, departments, and sections drawn along functional lines may cease to exist.
top
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The result of all this was that the Escort languished in some unfamiliar positions in the top 10 sales chart .
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It went on to top the charts for eight incredible weeks.
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Let me guess, they placed bets with bookmakers about who would be top of the charts at Christmas.
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And one of the records, Men at Work's Down Under, is now top of the chart .
■ NOUN
album
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The album sold 18,000 copies within two weeks and entered the album chart at number 47.
bar
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This option allows you to make more sweeping changes - for example you can go from a bar chart to a line chart.
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To illustrate this I want to put a bar chart and a table from the spreadsheet in my word-processed document.
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The bar chart shows Sales on the left and Cost of Sales on the right. 4.
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Drawing a bar chart Arrange the bars in some sensible order, such as in order of their lengths.
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Immediately the activities and their durations are entered the Gantt bar chart and the end date are displayed.
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The bars should be solid, not just drawn in outline. Bar charts are sometimes drawn vertically in columns.
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Back to back bar charts can be used as back to back stem and leaf displays were to compare two distributions.
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Typically these will include bar charts , pie charts and line graphs although numerous other types can be prepared.
colour
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The table shows which companies are publishing the Colour Index Generic Names in their catalogues or on their colour charts .
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This is then compared to a colour chart which comes with the test kit, to find the result.
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You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink, perhaps by showing me a colour chart .
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Ring 0543-481612 for free colour charts .
flow
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These are explained with flow charts , diagrams and summaries assisting an understanding of the text.
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Mitchell visualized a hormonal flow chart that resembled a metropolitan subway system, all lines headed for the downtown station.
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The scale of the effort would have precluded updating the flow chart when new experience was gained or after equipment modification.
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It could disappear into the whirring computers and multicolored flow charts of the economic miracle.
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An example is given in Table 1. 14. Flow charts .
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Institutions have regulations, codified systems of behavior, organizational flow charts , and job descriptions.
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An illustration of a flow chart is given in Fig. 1.21.
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Obviously if you have a very large project you would never do a flow chart manually.
hit
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Over a soundtrack of appropriate chart hits , unidentified teenagers talked about coming to terms with their own sexuality.
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It seems this year's surprise chart hit has prompted a renewed interest in the didgeridoo.
organisation
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Similarly, the organisation chart is an idealised guide.
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Figure 21 shows a typical formal structure embodied in an organisation chart .
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The command structure of authority may be shown by an organisation chart , or may be documented in schedules or manuals.
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This organisation chart approach would be carried out by implementing each department's system in turn.
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The formal structure is the structure of the organisation charts which we have drawn up in this chapter.
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It might be useful to think of an organisation chart as a kind of London Underground map.
pie
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There are limitations to the use of pie charts .
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Each numbered space in this pie chart refers to a question on the Experiment Sheet.
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However, these criticisms are outweighed by the visual impact which pie charts have.
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A pie chart can help the retailer or business-person see at a glance exactly where the money goes.
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Typically these will include bar charts , pie charts and line graphs although numerous other types can be prepared.
show
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For example, more people now have key household goods and the benefit of home ownership - as the charts show .
success
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Four years ago Pepsi and Shirlie were enjoying considerable chart success and media attention.
table
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The chart table is supported on a tier of large drawers and there is adequate space on the bulkhead for mounting instruments.
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The outboard-facing chart table is particularly well thought out with a bench seat for the navigator built into the engine box.
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Amelia took several photos northward kneeling beside the chart table .
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The oilskins locker is in the passage behind the chart table .
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The navigator's seat swings out from beneath the chart table when in use.
wall
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You pin up a wall chart listing how many calories you eat each day.
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You would make a great electronic wall chart of the Domain, eh?
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How to evaluate a wall chart: 1.
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There was a secret lift in his room, behind one of the full-length wall charts .
■ VERB
draw
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I have drawn this chart to a larger scale because it provides an excellent check of the limiting magnitude of binoculars.
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One of them greeted each new speaker by drawing an organization chart .
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There are others who claim that they can draw up astrological charts which will provide similar details.
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I like to draw a diagram or chart rather than write or talk about something 18.
produce
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As a full member of the Drapers' Company and with apprentices indentured to him he produced manuscript and engraved charts .
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Henderson was given full freedom to produce the charts and the sounds that meander within his head.
use
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Philip continues his show with mind-reading using extra sensory perception charts .
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Only 38 percent of young adults could use a chart to pick the right grade of sandpaper.
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Actually there was one good reason for using the charts: Everyone else did.
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The parser works in bottom-up, breadth-first manner and uses a chart for efficiency.
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As you use this chart to evaluate the character of your organization, be aware of two important points.
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His fees were petty and he didn't bleed his patients with leeches or use strange zodiac charts and stupid incantations.
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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
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medical charts
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This chart shows last year's sales figures.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apart from these, weigh all foods you eat when using the F-Plan calorie and fibre charts.
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That doesn't always mean a high chart place, although it would be very helpful!
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The reactions shown on the metabolic chart would proceed very slowly, or not at all, in the absence of enzymes.
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Try to find some of the albums from the Billboard charts on MiniDisc.
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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
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Others follow regular bulletins to chart his course .
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Each made its own decisions and charted its own course .
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Now he relies on the blips and beeps of computers and sonars to chart his course and find his fish.
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So in 1992 Mr Fuller rounded up employers and hospital officials to chart a new course .
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All the far-flung stars must be cataloged, so as to chart a course for sailors over the oceans of the Earth.
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The cantankerous aide organized support for health care reform, coordinated the Whitewater defense and helped chart the course to renomination.
history
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Tuggener charted a contemporary history that was on the move.
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This will chart all of Z7015's history , along with unit badges.
progress
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Kim spends most of her time in the kitchen, charting the progress of her late supper.
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Have you charted your progress and changed your course appropriately?
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In charting the progress of fans' careers, two types of data have been used.
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A nerve-wracking wait added to the mounting psychological pressure as we charted the progress of the sun over the Anglesey seascape.
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I don't know why we don't throw them away; perhaps we are charting our progress .
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Likewise a business plan should be developed in order to chart the proposed progress .
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They had charted their son's progress from afar but had not realised the group's popularity.
way
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We believe that we have charted a way forward which will secure our future.
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And a few visionaries are also charting ways to fit the automobile into a more livable lifestyle.
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Let us chart the way by which we arrive at the Fundamental Principle.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lydell has spent years charting the movement of these asteroids.
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She aims to chart new cases of cancer in areas around nuclear power stations.
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The article charts how adverts, in the past and in the present, have succeeded in linking the cigarette with sophistication.
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The computer will chart the spacecraft's progress as it approaches Saturn.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A nerve-wracking wait added to the mounting psychological pressure as we charted the progress of the sun over the Anglesey seascape.
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All the far-flung stars must be cataloged, so as to chart a course for sailors over the oceans of the Earth.
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I kept a diary of events and attempted to chart the process by which 6-year-old Balbinder was removed from mainstream education.
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The project seeks to chart the speed of reaction by entrants to profitable opportunities, and documents the principal barriers to entry.
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You may feel comfortable with your growth, or you may want to chart a course so you can improve even faster.