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- [map-ing]
- /ˈmæp ɪŋ/
- /ˈmæp.ɪŋ/
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- [map-ing]
- /ˈmæp ɪŋ/
Definitions of mapping word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of MAPPING function 3
- noun mapping a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada. 1
- noun mapping a maplike delineation, representation, or reflection of anything: The old man's face is a map of time. 1
- noun mapping Mathematics. function (def 4a). 1
- noun mapping Slang. the face: Wipe that smile off that ugly map of yours. 1
- noun mapping Genetics. genetic map. 1
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Origin of mapping
First appearance:
before 1765 One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1765-75; map + -ing1
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Parts of speech for Mapping
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mapping popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mapping usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mapping
noun mapping
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- rhyming — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- leveling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- grading — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- gauging — to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
verb mapping
- map — Walter, c1140–1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
- codify — If you codify a set of rules, you define them or present them in a clear and ordered way.
Antonyms for mapping
verb mapping
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
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