map, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

map (maps plural & 3rd person present) (mapping present participle) (mapped past tense & past participle )

1 n-count A map is a drawing of a particular area such as a city, a country, or a continent, showing its main features as they would appear if you looked at them from above.
oft N of n
He unfolded the map and set it on the floor..., Have you got a map of the city centre?

2 verb To map an area means to make a map of it.
...a spacecraft which is using radar to map the surface of Venus. V n

3 If you say that someone or something put a person, thing, or place on the map, you approve of the fact that they made it become well-known and important.
♦ put sb/sth/swh on the map  phrase V inflects  (approval) ...the attempts of the Edinburgh Festival's organisers to put C.P. Taylor firmly on the map...  map out  phrasal verb If you map out something that you are intending to do, you work out in detail how you will do it.
I went home and mapped out my strategy...  V P n (not pron)
I cannot conceive of anybody writing a play by sitting down and mapping it out...  V n P
This whole plan has been most carefully mapped out.  be V-ed P