Map
Shape
Shape verb - To work out the details of (something) in advance.
Usage example: over the winter the committee shaped the company's new marketing strategy
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good map | good shape |
| physical | physical map | physical shape |
| particular | particular map | particular shape |
| similar | similar map | similar shape |
| Other adjectives: normal, specific, certain, current, original, rough, simple, actual, real, large, big, huge, black, dark, decent, new, unique, basic, different, giant, overall. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- What makes this stealth is one has to zoom out on the map in order to see its shape.
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The Carta Marina has the merit of being the first fairly correct map of Scandinavia, and for a long time helped to shape the popular image of Scandinavia in the rest of Europe.
Source: Art / Carta Marina -
Law & Order: Criminal Intent once featured a murderer who tried to randomize his crimes, but plotting them on a map showed repetition of a certain irregular shape.
Source: Connect the Deaths
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Shape and Map. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/map/shape
Map & Shape. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/map/shape>.
Shape or Map. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/map/shape.
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