map out

planifier, élaborer

Définir les étapes d'un plan ou examiner soigneusement un problème.

En anglais simple : To work out the steps of a plan or think carefully through a problem.

• Let’s map out our week.
• She mapped out a plan for opening her own shop.
• Have you mapped out how to deal with the problem?

Comment l'utiliser : map something out (We mapped our next steps out together.)

Synonymes : plan, work out

Expressions courantes : map out a plan, map out a strategy, map out something

cartographier, dresser la carte de

Faire une carte montrant les lieux et les caractéristiques d'une région.

En anglais simple : To make a map showing the places and features of an area.

• They mapped out the island.
• We are mapping out the roads in this area.
• Have explorers mapped out the whole cave system?

Comment l'utiliser : map something out (The team mapped the cave system out.)

Synonymes : map, chart

Expressions courantes : map out something, map out an area, map out the coast

exposer en détail, présenter clairement

Décrire ou expliquer quelque chose clairement et en détail.

En anglais simple : To describe or explain something clearly and in detail.

• The report maps out the problem clearly.
• Her lecture mapped out the links between poverty and health.
• This chapter maps out how the system works.

Comment l'utiliser : map something out (The introduction maps the argument out clearly.)

Synonymes : explain, set out, detail

Expressions courantes : map out the process, map out an argument, map out something