I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a map and compass
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Always take a map and compass with you in the mountains.
an outline map
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an outline map of the island
gene mapping
Ordnance Survey map
relief map
road map
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a road map to the United States Constitution
the weather map (= a map showing the current or expected future weather )
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The weather map shows a band of rain coming in from the east.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
detailed
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Walks in South Somerset gives full instructions and a detailed map for ten walks ranging from 2-1/2 to seven miles long.
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A detailed brochure with map and route descriptions point out places of interest on your way.
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This will perhaps serve to put John Cook's detailed maps of the tip region into perspective.
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There is much to see, and hopefully the detailed instructions and maps will prevent you from getting lost.
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What differences are there in the two farms, shown on the detailed maps ?
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Failing that, you must at least keep a detailed plan or map of your rose garden with such information.
digital
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He also helped start Etak Inc., a digital map maker in Menlo Park.
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A digital map is essentially a numerical description of these lines and symbols.
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The development of mathematical models to represent the uncertainty characteristics of digital map databases; 2.
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A single digital map currently costs £85.
geological
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Previously he had been engaged in making a geological map of Devon and he now continued this work in an official capacity.
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The geological map , Fig. 7, shows the distribution of the main Lewisian types.
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The Outer Hebrides Thrust, and all the important faults mentioned above can be found in the geological map Fig. 7.
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The accuracy of his geological maps was legendary, his crisp and lucid style apparent in everything he wrote.
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The aim is to have 1:50 000 geological map sheets for the whole of Great Britain available to the public by 2005.
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The report is accompanied by a 1:100 000 scale geological map showing the location of the numerous abandoned mines.
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The geological maps of Great Britain all use an Ordnance Survey topographic base.
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The outcome will be a geological map at 1:50 000 of the area around Dounreay accompanied by a report.
large
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Apart from the large maps on the walls above the low bookcases, the only decoration was Nina's photograph.
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I found a large scale map of the island in the school library.
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Find a large map of the world and trace it on to a large piece of paper.
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His father cheered him by ordering copies of large maps of the Holy Land at ten guilders each.
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Drawing this aside, he exposed a large mounted map of the district.
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On the wall in his room was a large map of Cairo.
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A large map , or picture, was unrolled and hung over the blackboard.
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They can either draw their contribution directly on to the paper, or they can stick their drawings on to a large wall map .
political
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The entire economy of the Earth, the political map , the military map.
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California's political map is a chaotic mess of overlapping cities, counties and school districts.
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The commission's recommendations could profoundly affect the political map of the area.
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Clearly, devising a political map of Minoan Crete is fraught with problems.
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Still, at least the interlocking issues of taxation, welfare and the family are now on the political map .
■ NOUN
reading
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There were three tests on map reading .
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It reminds me of those half-houses which according to normal criteria of map reading shouldn't exist.
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Some knowledge of map reading is useful.
reference
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He says that if the ambulancemen had a map reference they might have found him sooner.
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Anywhere in the country can be given a map reference .
road
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All I had for guidance was Donald's photocopied road map .
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Role models, as we have discussed, can be invaluable in helping you prepare your own road map .
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Although using a road map , she managed to lose herself and so stopped to ask a young man the way.
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Now 56 and finally comfortable with her aging, Pogrebin has written a road map that many will soon be following.
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They're not like road maps , more a kind of spiritual map, showing significant places.
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It is a low-risk, high-reward chance for you to see if your road map works.
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A road map shows all the roads in an area.
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Strong alternatives include: Using new technology can be like following a complicated road map .
route
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Will it be a useful reference route map and a compass?
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A London Underground route map . 12.
street
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Comprehensive ticket wallet including luggage labels, exclusive full colour street map of Amsterdam and detailed travel itinerary.
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Every description needs some sort of logical movement that readers can follow as easily as a street map .
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Free full colour street map of Central Amsterdam.
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Images Street Image She's busy and alert, writing in her notebook, or studying a street map .
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And all the time Chief Inspector Morse sat, less tetchy now, staring at the street map of Oxford.
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I took out my street map and had a look.
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In the left, the folded-up street map .
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A street map is a map of the streets in a town or city.
survey
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Ordnance survey maps are the official maps of Britain printed by the government.
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Filling a substantial amount of skyline and covering six full squares of the Ordnance Survey map .
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Ordnance Survey maps are essential: they are accurate and of good quality.
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The early versions of Ordnance Survey maps are also very useful - particularly the large-scale, six inch to one mile maps.
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Lorton paused to consult his Ordnance Survey map .
weather
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And the weather maps are updated infrequently.
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If you want to find me on the map , check out the color-coded weather map in the newspaper.
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You can look at a whole rainstorm on a weather map .
■ VERB
detail
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Booth's team created minutely detailed maps of the capital, assigning individual dwellings to the various social classes.
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He includes a history of mail delivery, a healthy bibliography and a detailed map .
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Though Mr Honey's detailed computer maps got rave reviews from specialists, fewer than 3,000 were sold.
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And what a finely detailed map it is.
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Fie has detailed maps of photographers' lines of sight.
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They had produced the first detailed map of the universe in its infancy.
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A laser altimeter will measure the distance to Eros, gradually assembling a detailed topographical map .
draw
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Democritus drew up a map along these lines.
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When it comes to drawing a road map of the brain, disease is often the best cartographer.
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When William Senior drew his map of c.1635 Chesterfield had still not expanded beyond its medieval limits.
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For science, students drew maps of the nearby river, studied its ecosystem, and investigated animals in the area.
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The range of values taken on by the variable is divided into a number of classes before the map is drawn .
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I drew maps and flowcharts of the events and stood people up and marched them through key scenes.
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He drew him another map and watched Blunset wander off into the darkness.
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The Home Guard had drawn him a map of how to get to Maryhill, and he was quite happy now.
include
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I have included Norma in the map with Ara.
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Author George Cagala impresses with his thoroughness, and the book includes good maps .
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Graphics include maps and drawings, often positioned over the shoulder of the anchor.
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These papers include maps , plans and architectural drawings.
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The appendix includes a map of the world and a list of business terms.
look
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The best view of the vale is from the hills surrounding it; it looks like a map spread out.
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If you look at a map , everything revolves around Market.
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Let me look at the map and see where we go to rejoin the main road to the auto-route.
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A stream that looked small on the map had grown to be about 15 feet across.
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He hadn't, but, looking at the map , Branson could see they were within striking distance.
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She and her husband looked at a map .
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These types of questions can not be answered easily by looking at a conventional map .
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OnceI think it was in Munich; maybe Colognehe got hopelessly lost and needed to pull over to look at the map .
mark
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What are the names of the main cities marked on the map ?
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The geologist records this by marking on a map the dip and strike of the beds wherever they outcrop.
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They are clearly marked on the map from the campsite.
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It was marked on a map dated 1648 and according to local reports was a working mill until 1900.
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An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map .
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From an atlas find the names of the towns marked on the map as the more desirable dormitory towns.
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It is clearly marked on the map recommended for use with this, and the field guide.
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The track - optimistically marked on the map as Daleside Road - edged through a final gate and on to the road.
produce
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All the input data is then processed to produce the nitrogen application maps .
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A device used to produce maps , architectural drawings and other graphic output.
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A manually-drawn version of the same map would take many hours to produce .
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They used the data to produce a map showing the location of older and weaker rock zones.
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Aerial photos can also be employed to produce a map of known features within a region.
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The alternative is to produce a paper map and photograph it.
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The universities of Chicago and Princeton are planning to dedicate a new telescope to producing a three-dimensional map of 1m galaxies.
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They had produced the first detailed map of the universe in its infancy.
provide
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It will provide a map of your directory structure but won't transport you to a chosen sub-directory.
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Several small contracts to provide radon potential maps have been completed.
put
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They all say it's time Hawkwood was put on the map against that Greycoats.
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Whoever did, she says, put Nanaimo on the map .
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Distance and height, so you can put hills on a map that is flat.
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Near the window, he put up a framed map of the New York City subway system.
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This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further.
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The range improvement program, though, really put me on the map .
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If you get stuck, just put the map away and go back to it later.
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That would put us on the map , give us more respect.
read
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The director-general should drive, said Swann: the chairman should read the map .
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Hey, Willie, how about sending down a busload of Muni drivers who can read a road map ?
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Hussey has been doing more than both driving and reading the map .
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Ted was telling me he knew I could read a map .
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Just as this realisation dawned, a luckless couple drew into the parking space to read a map .
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Some had people in them reading maps that were unfolded like giant birds in the front seats of the cars.
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He often sat there in the early evening to read a book or map .
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The intelligence branch must have read their maps upside down.
show
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At the same time it was expected that accompanying memoirs would be published explaining in detail the geology shown on the maps .
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Figure 4-11 shows a geologic map with formations, strikes, and dips indicated.
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What are the uses for land shown on the map ?
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We also have two full-color inserts to show maps and photographs whose major features need color.
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One rail bridge, well camouflaged, is not shown on any map .
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Nicodemus is eighty-two miles from Oakley; surprisingly, Rand McNally still showed it on the map .
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The texts show typical maps of the sensory strip and the motor strip, but patients exhibit a lot of variability.
study
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He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away, consulting his compass and studying the map intently.
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They studied the map for a while, scratched their heads, turned it upside down and studied it some more.
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Images Street Image She's busy and alert, writing in her notebook, or studying a street map .
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Brown and company would then study the map and judge the next town they could reach comfortably by the next night.
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As Trent studied the map , he recalled the topography each side of the Makaa River.
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After studying maps and geological data, he became as convinced as his Triton colleagues that there was oil in those foothills.
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They studied the Underground map to see how to reach their destination.
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On the train he studied a map of Drenthe - not that there was much to see.
use
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Oblique aerial photographs show sites in the context of the landscape and can also be used for preparing archaeological maps .
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Several times in the past two weeks the class has wanted to use a map .
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Although using a road map , she managed to lose herself and so stopped to ask a young man the way.
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By using the map and clues you will eventually find your way to a fine hostelry out in the country.
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And yet the Aboriginal people do not use them for their maps .
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Taking these cases at face value, does the apparent ability to make and use maps provide convincing evidence of active intelligence?
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In fact, because of the slightly different technique that Clayton used , his maps looked a good deal messier.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a road map to peace
a road map to sth
wipe sth off the face of the earth/wipe sth off the map
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a street map
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Let me show you how to get there on the map .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I am never far from a map of the seafloor.
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On the back wall of the produce shed hangs a schoolroom map of the continental United States.
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Significant developments in the use of maps in the coming decades can be predicted with confidence.
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Ted said one day, poring over maps and guidebooks.
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The map tore, and tore again, as he tossed around in the backseat.
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This might well be the word processor that puts WordStar right back on the map in the word processor stakes.
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When William Senior drew his map of c.1635 Chesterfield had still not expanded beyond its medieval limits.
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With their handwritten text, intricate maps and exquisite drawings, they were hailed as a work of art.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
area
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Areas of woodland and permanent pasture are mapped together with built-up areas as inaccessible to archaeologists.
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Make a transit and map an area .
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Insurance maps of the 10-block area , perhaps the best record of residential and commercial buildings, show few outhouses.
road
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Now it is time for us to do an exercise with you to begin to develop your own road map .
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His face is lined like a road map .
route
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The learner is lost, and the educational designer can not meaningfully map out the routes associated with a big bucket.
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Road atlas programs will map out your route between two cities or set up a whole itinerary of stops.
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As always, he had mapped his route before setting out.
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This will help you to map your route through the book.
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If I could borrow a copy of Mary's book, I could map its route , ambush, and kill it!
surface
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The same radar data that permit determination of the rotation speed of Venus also permit us to prepare maps of its surface .
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Observers interested in mapping the surface or analyzing the atmosphere of Mars obviously prefer to observe near the time of opposition.
world
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This is done on the basis of the objects of feeling which are mapped in our inner worlds .
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It has been reproduced in millions and has served as the model for metro maps all over the world .
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As they talked about and wrote about buying slaves, slaveholders mapped a world made of slavery.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a road map to peace
a road map to sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A number of senators are already mapping their campaigns for the presidency.
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Polson has already mapped out a 20-week book promotion tour.
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The Magellan spacecraft has mapped the surface of Venus.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A conventional lens maps each light ray to a particular point on an image plane.
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He reckoned in a destiny that was mapped for his career.
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High altitude radar mapping has also helped reveal a hitherto undocumented people in Costa Rica.
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It is known to map real metrics to real metrics only for space-times with two space-like Killing vectors.
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Ranger Dave Hutson likes to remind visitors how lucky they are compared to James White, who first mapped the cave.
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Road atlas programs will map out your route between two cities or set up a whole itinerary of stops.
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The path to glory was mapped out.