road map

noun

1
: a map showing roads especially for automobile travel
2
a
: a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal
b
: a detailed explanation

Examples of road map in a Sentence

Did you bring a road map? a road map to peace
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Perhaps the road map to success has been rediscovered. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025 Although physicists have a general road map of how the ear functions and communicates with the brain, researchers still don’t have a complete picture. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025 How the Chicago Bears’ offseason road map could start in the middle. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025 This free-agent road map includes some players Seattle should target this week. Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for road map

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of road map was in 1741

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“Road map.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20map. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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