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  • noun Plural form of map.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of map.

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Examples

  • ~maps- I've received a US map and a map of the world, which are wonderful, but if you know me well, you'll know that I LOVE maps and I can spend hours and hours looking at them

    Care packages :) Liv 2009

  • ~maps- I've received a US map and a map of the world, which are wonderful, but if you know me well, you'll know that I LOVE maps and I can spend hours and hours looking at them

    Archive 2009-02-01 Liv 2009

  • One obvious feature from the maps is the “donut” phenomenon, the prevalence of large central county net out-migration, surrounded by a ring of substantial suburban and exurban net in-migration (about two-thirds of which is from the central core counties).

    Matthew Yglesias » Command and Control 2009

  • The collection and the thoughtful subject grouping of the maps is a valuable resource. at

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • The collection and the thoughtful subject grouping of the maps is a valuable resource. at

    Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection 2007

  • I have seen what they call maps showing the world as far as they know it, and well nigh all has been conquered by them; but the farther away from Rome the more difficulty have they in holding what they have conquered.

    Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion 1867

  • With the addition of Transit City I feel it would be helpful in maps and designs if lines had numbers and colours as well as names.

    » City Council boards the DRL bandwagon • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape 2009

  • The other problem with Google maps is it never shows you the correct location of the hidden zombie snails.

    One problem with Google Maps AYDIN 2009

  • Davesbit made his own globe using maps from the Generic Mapping Tools project; he used a beachball for a mold and cast the sphere with fiberglass and foam. here is the plastic beach ball covered in paint for the inside of the sphere-half mold ... the stand was made from scraps of red oak from a computer table i built ... globe with stand

    Boing Boing 2009

  • A new full-screen Places view lets you look at terrain maps with markers of where your photos were taken.

    Live from Apple: iPhoto 11 gets Facebook enhancements, better book publishing 2010

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  • "Wait! They don't love you like I love you.

    Wait! They don't love you like I love you.

    Maps, wait!

    They don't love you like I love you."

    August 29, 2008