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   Chart

   /CHärt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sheet of information in the form of a table, graph, or diagram: "a chart showing how much do-it-yourself costs compared with retail" Similar graphtabletabulationgridhistogramdiagramguideschemefigureillustrationbar chartpie chartflow chartmapplanblueprintgraphic
   • ▪ a weekly listing of the current best-selling pop records: "she topped the charts for eight weeks" Similar hit paradetop twentylistlistingleaguecatalogindex
   • ▪ a geographical map or plan, especially one used for navigation by sea or air: "a chart of the English coast"
   • ▪ a written record of information about a patient: "scribbled on a patient's chart"
   • ▪ a map showing the positions of the planets at the time of someone's birth, from which astrologers are said to be able to deduce character or potential.

   verb

   • 1. make a map of (an area): "Cook charted the coasts and waters of New Zealand"
   • ▪ plot (a course) on a chart: "the pilot found his craft taking a route he had not charted" Similar followtraceoutlinedescribedetailnotereportrecordregisterdocumentchroniclelogcatalog
   • ▪ record the progress or development of: "the poems chart his descent into madness" Similar followtraceoutlinedescribedetailnotereportrecordregisterdocumentchroniclelogcatalog
   • 2. (of a record) enter the weekly music charts at a particular position: "the record will probably chart at about No. 74"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French charte, from Latin charta ‘paper, papyrus leaf’ (see card1).

   Scrabble Points: 10

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