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chart

noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /t͡ʃɑɹt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /tʃɑːt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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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Meaning relationships

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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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4

noun

Meaning 4

A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.

A diagram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.

A graph.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medical record[Appendix:Glossary

7

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coordinate chart

Antonyms: none provided

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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Synonyms: none provided

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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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To record systematically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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13

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?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plan

18

verb

Meaning 18

make a chart of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • chart the territory

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: map

19

verb

Meaning 19

represent by means of a graph

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • chart the data

Meaning relationships

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.

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мо́рска ка́рта (mórska kárta) — navigator's map
  • Esperanto: mapo — navigator's map
  • Finnish: merikortti — navigator's map
  • French: carte — navigator's map
  • German: Karte — navigator's map
  • Hebrew: מַפָּה יַמִּית (mapá yamít) — navigator's map
  • Hungarian: (tengerészeti) térkép — navigator's map
  • Italian: carta — navigator's map
  • Italian: carta nautica — navigator's map
  • Italian: carta geografica — navigator's map
  • Latin: carta — navigator's map
  • Macedonian: карта (karta) — navigator's map
  • Portuguese: carta náutica — navigator's map
  • Romanian: hartă maritimă — navigator's map
  • Russian: морска́я ка́рта (morskája kárta) — navigator's map
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt — navigator's map
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt-iùil — navigator's map
  • Welsh: siart — navigator's map
  • Arabic: مُخَطَّط بَيَانِيّ (muḵaṭṭaṭ bayāniyy) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Arabic: مُخَطَط (muḵaṭaṭ) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Belarusian: гра́фік (hráfik) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Belarusian: дыягра́ма (dyjahráma) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Bulgarian: диагра́ма (diagráma) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Bulgarian: гра́фика (gráfika) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Burmese: ကားချပ် (ka:hkyap) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Catalan: gràfic — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Catalan: diagrama — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖表 /图表 (túbiǎo) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Czech: graf — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Finnish: kaavio — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Finnish: taulukko — non-narrative presentation of data
  • French: graphe — non-narrative presentation of data
  • French: diagnostiques — non-narrative presentation of data
  • German: Diagramm — non-narrative presentation of data
  • German: Schaubild — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Hindi: लेखाचित्र (lekhācitra) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Hindi: चार्ट (cārṭ) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Hungarian: ábra — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Hungarian: diagram — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Hungarian: grafikon — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Irish: graf — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Japanese: チャート (chāto) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Japanese: 図表 (zuhyō) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Khmer: តារាង (taaraang) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Korean: 차트 (chateu) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Korean: 도표 (dopyo) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Macedonian: графико́н (grafikón) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Macedonian: дијаграм (dijagram) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Māori: mahere — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Māori: tūtohi — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Portuguese: diagrama — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Portuguese: gráfico — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Russian: гра́фик (gráfik) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Russian: диагра́мма (diagrámma) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Russian: чертёж (čertjóž) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Russian: рису́нок (risúnok) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Russian: набро́сок (nabrósok) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Swahili: chati — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Tagalog: taltaguhit — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Thai: ผัง (pǎng) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Thai: แผนผัง (pɛ̌ɛn-pǎng) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Thai: ชาร์ต — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Thai: กราฟ (gráaf) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Ukrainian: гра́фік (hráfik) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Ukrainian: діагра́ма (diahráma) — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Vietnamese: biểu đồ — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Vietnamese: đồ biểu — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Welsh: siart — non-narrative presentation of data
  • Bulgarian: класация (klasacija) — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Bulgarian: чарт (čart) — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Catalan: llista d'èxits — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Czech: žebříček — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Dutch: hitlijst — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Esperanto: musikrango — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Galician: lista de éxitos — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • German: Hitliste — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • German: Chart — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Hungarian: slágerlista — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Indonesian: tangga lagu — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Portuguese: parada musical — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Russian: чарт (čart) — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Spanish: lista de éxitos — ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music
  • Spanish: chart — table
  • Spanish: chart — diagram
  • Spanish: chart — graph
  • Bulgarian: картирам (kartiram) — draw a chart or map
  • Finnish: kartoittaa — draw a chart or map
  • German: zeichnen — draw a chart or map
  • Irish: graf — draw a chart or map
  • Macedonian: црта (crta) — draw a chart or map
  • Macedonian: траси́ра (trasíra) — draw a chart or map
  • Portuguese: mapear — draw a chart or map
  • Swedish: kartlägga — draw a chart or map
  • Finnish: laatia — draw or figure out a route or plan
  • German: zeichnen — draw or figure out a route or plan
  • Macedonian: црта (crta) — draw or figure out a route or plan
  • Macedonian: траси́ра (trasíra) — draw or figure out a route or plan
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