chart

«chart» in Mova's school dictionary: A drawing that shows information, such as a graph, table… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a chart, charts); verb (chart, charts, charted, charting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A drawing that shows information, such as a graph, table or diagram (a bar chart). tree →

2) A map of the sea or sky used by sailors or pilots. tree →

3) The charts: lists of the most popular songs. tree →

4) To make a chart or map of something. tree →

5) To follow or record how something changes (chart your progress). tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: bar chart, pie chart, tally chart, line chart; reading the scale and values. In science: charting results. In everyday life: star chart for rewards, top of the charts. Phrases: chart a course, top the charts.

examples

• Draw a bar chart of our favourite fruits. tree →
• The pie chart shows how we spend the day. tree →
• The captain studied the sea chart. tree →
• Her song went straight to number one in the charts. tree →
• We charted the plant's height each week. tree →
• My reward chart has ten stars. tree →
• The explorers charted the coast. tree →

note

In a bar chart, check the scale: one square may stand for 2 or 5, not 1. A pie chart shows parts of a whole; all the parts add up to 100%. Countable: a chart, charts.

In the corpora

• A chore chart lists the household jobs and who does each one, so work is shared fairly and nobody has to nag.
• The big chart of coloured squares on the science-classroom wall is the periodic table, and every square is one element.
• The lesson was wasted, and he had to own up and make a practice chart for the fridge.
• Jayden made a turn chart in four colours and stuck it on Mia's wall.
• Rules written down, like a turn chart, are easier to keep.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chart» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.