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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Teams obviously can’t express an outright desire to follow this road map. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024 But for colleges and universities newly grappling with how to recruit, admit and enroll diverse students in race-neutral ways, Hawkins said, UCLA offers a useful road map. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024 The paper distributed road maps to orchard locations. arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024 This includes a 1-year product road map, Big Tech’s large appetite for AI spending, and long-term AI GPU market growth from Enterprises and the Consumer, plus a commanding market share position. Beth Kindig, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 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 2 Dec. 2024.

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