road map
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈroʊd mæp/
:
hoja de ruta
- The manager provided a road map to help the team understand the plan for the upcoming year.
- provide a road map
- road map deadlines
- develop a road map
And this book has been my road map to getting here.
- And this book has been my road map to getting here.
- That would provide a road map and confidence.
- But this person may not have the road map or the tools to navigate this.
- But overall, it's basically a road map for Trump becoming all powerful.
- So we know there's no clear cut road map to Nirvana that exists, right?
- That I was always looking for a road map.
- But yeah, I'm waiting for a road map out.
- I think they have a really good architecture and road map planned out.
- And it's our hope that March, these books will become a road map for another generation.
- All tax breaks are and all the tax code is, is a road map to what the government wants you to do.
- And the point is just there needs to be a clear road map for the reader.
Examples
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Such actions were prescribed by the road map, which outlined the path to a two-state solution.
Academic text (2011) -
The IEP provides a road map for special education services and a guide for lesson planning that addresses student needs.
Academic text (2014) -
And this book has been my road map to getting here.
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OK, So what we have here is really a road map for issues.
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And this will really set our research road map moving forward.
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And it's our hope that March, these books will become a road map for another generation.
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Consider them a road map to use when you switch to design software for your final copy.
Academic text (2001) -
And actually, if you read this document, it is a very good road map for what was finally agreed.
Academic text (1994) -
Because the Bible in a lot of ways aims to be a road map for life.
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It's not a linear process, but that sort of gives you a road map of where we're going.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A set of steps arranged to reach a goal
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3.9
A detailed plan used as a guide to make or achieve something
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3.7
A set of actions that helps a team or person reach a goal
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3.5
A plan that shows the steps to reach a goal
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6.1
A planned smooth path to reach a goal
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a detailed plan to guide progress' is a straightforward, literalizable metaphor from 'road' (a route toward a destination) + 'map' (a guide for navigation); together they naturally suggest a guide for reaching a goal. This compositional pattern is common across languages (e.g. Spanish 'hoja de ruta'), so a B1 learner who knows both words is likely to infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Road map became a picture for a plan. Just as a paper road map shows which roads to take, a 'road map' for work lists the steps to reach a goal, so it means 'a detailed plan'.