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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 action
2. a map showing roads (for automobile travel)
Familiarity information: ROAD MAP used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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