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noun

plural of chart
as in maps
an illustration of certain features of a geographical area a chart of that section of the coastline will show any possible hazards

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verb

present tense third-person singular of chart
1
as in describes
to give an oral or written account of in some detail the book charts the years between the two World Wars

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2
as in plans
to work out the details of (something) in advance charted the entire campaign for governor before she even agreed to run

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Recent Examples of charts
Noun
Getty Images for Coachella Last week, Karol G returned to the Billboard charts with her new album, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, her sixth full-length. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon, the film stars Remi Goulet as the F1 car legend and charts his ascent to the dizzying heights of elite car racing, well before Villeneuve’s tragic death at Zolder in 1982. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026 But his energy level at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta Thursday night as part of the band’s Power Up tour was off the charts. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 As Honest Woman is released nearly a decade after her debut, country music is seeing a wave of women country artists dominating the charts, including Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Stella Lefty. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026 No punk single made the year’s UK top 50; Abba, Rod Stewart and Demis Roussos dominated the album charts. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026 Both films earned roughly $9 million in their sophomore outings (with each suffering a 60% decline from their respective debuts), so the final order on box office charts won’t be confirmed until Monday. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
The documentary, produced and distributed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, charts Jeffrey Epstein‘s ascent, his trafficking network and his ultimate collapse. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026 The experiment uses data from Starling's cameras, as well as a catalog on the spacecraft that charts thousands of known satellites and space objects around it. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026 The film, which is playing Out of Competition on the Lido, charts the brutality of Spanish friar Padre Enciso over the population in the 17th century. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 The Bullpen is back in action as all-new Editor-in-Chief Stephen Wacker charts the thrilling future of the Marvel Universe for the first time…and probably gets in trouble for saying too much! — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026 Seen together, the trilogy charts both a personal coming-of-age and a generational coming-to-grips with aging that, even when compared against similar serialized documentary experiments like Michael Apted’s 7 Up installments, feels wholly unique. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026 The series charts Combs’ rise and fall, including his founding of Big Boy Records in the 90s, which had a fraught rivalry with the label that signed Shakur, Death Row Records. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Olivia Dean Scores Multiple Top Three Debuts Growth opens in third place on both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The narrative starts immediately after the encounter and charts her harrowing fight to get past it, physically and mentally, putting any of my own struggles into a sobering perspective. — The Know, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charts
  1. maps
  2. describes
  3. plans
  4. tells
  5. designs
  6. reports
  7. plots
  8. chronicles
Noun
  • The name began appearing on European explorers' maps in the 1660s.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Seeing the world through old maps The Osher Map Library, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of maps
Verb
  • Human Intelligence As Spec The Knowing markets itself as 100% human intelligence, which Thomas describes as a business proposition rather than a moral one.
    — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Modern interpreters have read his 10 heads as signifying his vast knowledge of 10 sacred texts, or alternately his 10 ethical failings, but the Ramayana account describes him as 10-headed from birth.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of describes
Verb
  • But the company eventually plans to open-source the standard, which means any device manufacturer in any industry will be able to adopt it.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Heat limits chip performance The aerospace and defense firm plans to integrate diamond directly into advanced semiconductor devices.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of plans
Verb
  • Despite Bret’s passionate insistence that his classmate is a serial killer, Croft tells him Robert is a good kid from a good family and sends him back to class.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The limited series tells the story of two sisters who go on the run after an act of vengeance goes wrong.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • Samba has ties to the Brazilian Carnival tradition, so Anna picks out a floral fabric and designs a skirt with feather-style panels that will move around with the dancer.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Katie Becker, chief creative officer of Arc’teryx, said the brand designs products to perform for the long term.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of designs
Verb
  • The one-two punch of these knockout reports should also lift shares of Palo Alto Networks , which reports earnings next Tuesday.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The New York Times reports on Florida startup Powerus, whose Guardian interceptor is designed to destroy Iranian drones without resorting to multimillion-dollar missiles.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of reports
Verb
  • But the Green Book plots Ecobalyse points, PEF micropoints and Higg scores together despite their different units and methodologies.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This chart from Henry Allen at Deutsche Bank plots the rate of inflation at the beginning of each historical period when the Fed began raising rates, against the number of basis points in that rate-raising cycle.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of plots
Verb
  • The four-part series chronicles the efforts of young Julien Sorel (Victor Belmondo) to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing while entangled in a web of passion and power.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
  • James, a sensitive diviner of both anxieties, chronicles how the inhospitality of the social world sends gay men into hiding.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of chronicles

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“Charts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charts. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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