"road map" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: road maps [plural]
Etymology: road + map Etymology templates: {{com|en|road|map}} road + map Head templates: {{en-noun}} road map (plural road maps)
  1. A map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation. A road map may contain other relevant data, such as terrain or railway lines. Synonyms: roadmap Translations (a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation): خَرِيطَةُ الطَّرِيق (ḵarīṭatu ṭ-ṭarīq) [feminine] (Arabic), даро́жная ка́рта (daróžnaja kárta) [feminine] (Belarusian), 路線圖 (Chinese Mandarin), 路线图 (lùxiàntú) (Chinese Mandarin), 道路圖 (Chinese Mandarin), 道路图 (dàolùtú) (Chinese Mandarin), vejkort [neuter] (Danish), wegenkaart [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), vojmapo (Esperanto), vegakort [neuter] (Faroese), tiekartta (Finnish), carte routière [feminine] (French), Straßenkarte [feminine] (German), Autokarte [feminine] (German), οδικός χάρτης (odikós chártis) [masculine] (Greek), úti térkép (Hungarian), vegakort [neuter] (Icelandic), treochlár [masculine] (Irish), léarscáil bhóithre [feminine] (Irish), mapa bóithre [masculine] (Irish), carta turìstica [feminine] (Italian), cartina [feminine] (Italian), mappa stradale (Italian), 道路地図 (dōro chizu) (alt: どうろちず) (Japanese), 도로지도 (dorojido) (alt: 道路地圖) (Korean), itinerārium [neuter] (Latin), а́втокарта (ávtokarta) [feminine] (Macedonian), па́тна ка́рта (pátna kárta) [feminine] (Macedonian), veikart [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vegkart [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vegkart [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), راهنامه (râhnâme) (Persian), نقشهٔ راه (naqše-ye râh) (Persian), نقشهٔ راهها (naqše-ye râh-hâ) (Persian), mapa drogowa [feminine] (Polish), mapa rodoviário [masculine] (Portuguese), hartă rutieră [feminine] (Romanian), доро́жная ка́рта (doróžnaja kárta) [feminine] (Russian), ка́рта доро́г (kárta doróg) [feminine] (Russian), mapa de carreteras [masculine] (Spanish), hoja de ruta [feminine] (Spanish), vägkarta [common-gender] (Swedish), bilkarta [common-gender] (Swedish), доро́жня ка́рта (doróžnja kárta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-road_map-en-noun-fO-OV67s Disambiguation of 'a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation': 78 3 20
  2. (figuratively) A plan of action, laying out the future actions of participants. Tags: figuratively Translations (plan of action): ճանապարհային քարտեզ (čanaparhayin kʿartez) (Armenian), feuille de route [feminine] (French), roadmap [feminine] (French), Roadmap [feminine] (German), οδικός χάρτης (odikós chártis) [masculine] (Greek), plean oibre [masculine] (Irish), tabella di marcia (Italian), piano d'azione (Italian), план (plan) [masculine] (Macedonian), veikart [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vegkart [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vegkart [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), план (plan) [masculine] (Russian), програ́мма (prográmma) [feminine] (Russian), доро́жная ка́рта (doróžnaja kárta) [feminine] (Russian), план де́йствий (plan déjstvij) [masculine] (Russian), а̀кцӣјскӣ пла̑н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), àkcījskī plȃn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-road_map-en-noun-Ll-8htwq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 53 15 Disambiguation of 'plan of action': 9 76 15
  3. (originally computing, computer hardware) A structured representation of objects to display a development plan, used in business for strategic planning and communications. Categories (topical): Computer hardware, Computing
    Sense id: en-road_map-en-noun-hhAmds8F Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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          "roman": "naqše-ye râh-hâ",
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          "word": "نقشهٔ راهها"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mapa drogowa"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
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          "word": "mapa rodoviário"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "hartă rutieră"
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          "roman": "doróžnaja kárta",
          "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "доро́жная ка́рта"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kárta doróg",
          "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ка́рта доро́г"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mapa de carreteras"
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          "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
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          "word": "hoja de ruta"
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          "roman": "doróžnja kárta",
          "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "road map for peace",
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          "ref": "2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḵarīṭatu ṭ-ṭarīq",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "даро́жная ка́рта"
    },
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      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "路線圖"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lùxiàntú",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "路线图"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "道路圖"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàolùtú",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "道路图"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wegenkaart"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "vojmapo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vegakort"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "tiekartta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carte routière"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Straßenkarte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Autokarte"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "odikós chártis",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "οδικός χάρτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "úti térkép"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vegakort"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "treochlár"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "léarscáil bhóithre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mapa bóithre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carta turìstica"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cartina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "mappa stradale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうろちず",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōro chizu",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "道路地図"
    },
    {
      "alt": "道路地圖",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dorojido",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "도로지도"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "itinerārium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ávtokarta",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́втокарта"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pátna kárta",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́тна ка́рта"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veikart"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vegkart"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vegkart"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "râhnâme",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "راهنامه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "naqše-ye râh",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "نقشهٔ راه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "naqše-ye râh-hâ",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "word": "نقشهٔ راهها"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mapa drogowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mapa rodoviário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hartă rutieră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doróžnaja kárta",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доро́жная ка́рта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kárta doróg",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́рта доро́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mapa de carreteras"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hoja de ruta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vägkarta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bilkarta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doróžnja kárta",
      "sense": "a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доро́жня ка́рта"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čanaparhayin kʿartez",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "word": "ճանապարհային քարտեզ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feuille de route"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roadmap"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Roadmap"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "odikós chártis",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "οδικός χάρτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plean oibre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "word": "tabella di marcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "word": "piano d'azione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "plan",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "план"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veikart"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vegkart"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vegkart"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plan",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "план"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prográmma",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "програ́мма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doróžnaja kárta",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доро́жная ка́рта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plan déjstvij",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "план де́йствий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а̀кцӣјскӣ пла̑н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plan of action",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àkcījskī plȃn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "road map"
}

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