Map
A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.
Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.
To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
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Map Quotations
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.
Muhammad Ali
I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.
Steven Wright
If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.
Pablo Picasso
Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
Saint Augustine
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
Earl Nightingale
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
Herman Melville
There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.
Meryl Streep
In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.
William S. Burroughs
Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.
Jon Bon Jovi
I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs.
Sigourney Weaver
Map Translations
map in Afrikaans is kaart
map in Danish is landkort
map in Dutch is landkaart, kaart
map in Finnish is kortti, kartta
map in French is plan, carte
map in German is planen, Karte, abbilden, Abbildung, ausarbeiten
map in Italian is elaborare, carta geografica
map in Norwegian is kart, bykart
map in Portuguese is mapa
map in Spanish is planificar, mapa, plan, elaborar, correspondencia
map in Swedish is karta
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