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ROAD MAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does road map mean? 

ROAD MAP (noun)
  The noun ROAD MAP has 2 senses:

1. a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of actionplay

2. a map showing roads (for automobile travel)play

  Familiarity information: ROAD MAP used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROAD MAP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

guideline; road map

Context example:

the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam

Hypernyms ("road map" is a kind of...):

plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

counsel; counseling; counselling; direction; guidance (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A map showing roads (for automobile travel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("road map" is a kind of...):

map (a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it))

Domain category:

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)


 Context examples 


Oregon State University scientists led an international study that provides a road map as conservation managers consider the effects of forest edges on wildlife in setting up reserves.

(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)



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