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to flowchart

to flowchart

1 4.0
To draw a diagram that shows the steps and decisions in a process
  • verb
  • /ˈfloʊˌtʃɑrt/
: diagramar
  • Before starting the task, it helps to flowchart the key decisions and their outcomes.

Examples

  • The manager suggested that we flowchart the process to identify any bottlenecks.

  • For example, whether you learn to "think and reason" by studying Aristotelian logic, or by "flowcharting" an accounting process, or "writing a computer program" is unimportant.

    Academic text (1996)
  • If a guy unbidden offers to walk me back to my room or to an event, I will immediately flowchart that inside—something I’m culturally conditioned to do as a woman.

    Blog text (16)
  • To understand the new procedure better, we will flowchart the steps involved in the project.

Antonyms

152 1.9

Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand

1 4.5

To make something lose its order or structure

How Detailed

to map
44 3.7
to flowchart
1 4.0

Surface Forms

flowchart infinitive
flowcharted past participle
flowcharting present participle
flowcharts third person singular

Morphology

flowchart = flowchart (transparent) = flow + chart

This is a regular conversion from the noun 'flowchart' to a verb meaning 'to make or use a flowchart'.

Etymology

Flowchart as a verb comes from the noun idea: to flowchart is to draw a flow 'map' on a chart, showing each step and decision in a process.