mapping (out)

verb

Definition of mapping (out)next
present participle of map (out)
as in planning
to work out the details of (something) in advance mapped out a plan for the fledgling company to become profitable within two years

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mapping (out)
  1. planning
  2. preparing
  3. organizing
  4. calculating
Verb
  • Automakers have invested or are planning to invest hundreds of billions of dollars globally to build a thriving EV market, according to industry consultant AlixPartners, but so far most are losing money.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The share of businesses planning to hire more workers increased by 3 points to 18%, the highest in a year.
    Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of planning
Verb
  • Relying on luck typically leads people to ignore the responsibility of preparing for the inevitable.
    Andreza Araujo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Spaces represent the steps in catching, slaughtering and preparing a goose for the festive table, and pitfalls—like a jail, a tavern or death—could lose a player a turn or two, or return them to the start.
    John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of preparing
Verb
  • Over the past few years, brands have become smarter and more sophisticated at gathering, organizing and actioning their customer data to create innovative and new experiences.
    Michael Benedek, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Using money from the fund, those curators are already organizing upcoming solo exhibitions by artists Julien Ceccaldi, Whitney Claflin, and Sandra Poulson, respectively.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of organizing
Verb
  • As noted in past blogs, BLS uses lagged rent data in calculating the CPI.
    Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • That figure also represented the total number of employees that could be hired, without calculating the impact of the number of IRS workers who are expected to retire or leave the department over the next several years.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of calculating
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