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chart

UK/tʃɑːt/ US/t͡ʃɑɹt/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.

verb

1.

make a chart of

  • “chart the territory”
2.

plan in detail

  • “Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein”
3.

represent by means of a graph

  • “chart the data”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; related to charter.

Phrases

  • Magna Carta

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