chart — English Dictionary

Noun

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

2. A map. A navigator's map.

3. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A tabular presentation of data; a table.

4. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A diagram.

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   Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

5. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A graph.

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   Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?

6. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.

   Broader terms

   medical record[Appendix:Glossary

   Examples

   I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.

7. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.

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   They're at the top of the charts again this week.

8. A written deed; a charter.

9. Synonym of coordinate chart.

10. A predefined sequence of notes (i.e. inputs), typically timed to a song or excerpt thereof.

Verb

1. To draw a chart or map of.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   chart the seas

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.

   We are on a course for disaster without having charted it.

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   The men in "Homo," (and even perhaps Haynes himself) are not looking for acceptance or validation, but a way to chart their own notions of self-determination in a world that makes little sense and offers even less comfort.

3. To record systematically.

   Usage

   • Transitive

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Did you chart the urine output yet?

5. To appear on a hit-recording chart.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • of a record or artist

   Examples

   The song has charted for 15 weeks!

   The band first charted in 1994.

Noun

1. a visual display of information

   Synonyms

   graph

   Broader terms

   visual communication

2. a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

   Broader terms

   map

3. (usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music

   Broader terms

   listlisting

   Examples

   number 2 on the charts

Verb

1. make a chart of

   Broader terms

   map

   Examples

   chart the territory

2. plan in detail

   Broader terms

   plan

   Examples

   Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein

3. represent by means of a graph

   Synonyms

   graph

   Broader terms

   representinterpret

   Examples

   chart the data