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chart

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A map with special information, or a visual display of data

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

chahrt
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈtʃɑɹt

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

  2. A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.

  3. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.

  4. A navigator's map.

  5. A tabular presentation of data; a table.

  6. A graph.

verb

  1. transitive

    To draw or figure out (a route or plan).

  2. intransitiveof a record or artist

    To appear on a hit-recording chart.

  3. transitive

    To record systematically.

  4. To enter (medical information) into a medical record.

  5. Make a chart of

  6. transitive

    To draw a chart or map of.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

Used this way, chart is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use chart

  • “Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein.”verb

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • charternounInflected form

    A document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • charter schoolnounCompound term

    An experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12.

  • charter membernounCompound term

    One of the original members when an organization was founded.

  • flip chartnounCompound term

    A chart with several sheets hinged at the top.

  • flow chartnounCompound term

    A diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system.

  • naval chartnounCompound term

    A chart for a navigator showing the prevailing meteorological and hydrographic and navigational conditions.

  • navigational chartnounCompound term

    A chart for a navigator showing the prevailing meteorological and hydrographic and navigational conditions.

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