noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/t͡ʃɑɹt/
Received-Pronunciation:/tʃɑːt/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
homophone: chaat (non-rhotic)
CMU ARPABET:CH AA1 R T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A map.
A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A map.
A navigator's map.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
A tabular presentation of data; a table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
A diagram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
A graph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.
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Broader terms: medical record[Appendix:Glossary
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noun
Meaning 7
A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
They're at the top of the charts again this week.
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8
noun
Meaning 8
A written deed; a charter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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9
noun
Meaning 9
Synonym of coordinate chart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: differential geometry
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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Synonyms: coordinate chart
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10
verb
Meaning 10
To draw a chart or map of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
chart the seas
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11
verb
Meaning 11
To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.
We are on a course for disaster without having charted it.
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verb
Meaning 12
To record systematically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 13
To record systematically.
To enter (medical information) into a medical record.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Did you chart the urine output yet?
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14
verb
Meaning 14
To appear on a hit-recording chart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The song has charted for 15 weeks!
The band first charted in 1994.
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15
noun
Meaning 15
a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: map
Narrower terms: naval chart, navigational chart, pilot chart
16
noun
Meaning 16
a visual display of information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: visual communication
Narrower terms: plot, organization chart, color chart, bar chart, bar graph, eye chart, flip chart, pie chart, star chart, profile
17
verb
Meaning 17
plan in detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein
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Broader terms: plan
18
verb
Meaning 18
make a chart of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
chart the territory
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Broader terms: map
19
verb
Meaning 19
represent by means of a graph
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
chart the data
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Synonyms: graph
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: represent, interpret
History
Etymology
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.
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98 source translations are retained for this English entry.