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View synonyms for diagram

diagram

[ dahy-uh-gram ]

noun

  1. a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
  2. a drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts, operation, etc., of something:

    a diagram of an engine.

  3. a chart, plan, or scheme.


verb (used with object)

diagramed or diagrammed, diagraming or diagramming.
  1. to represent by a diagram; make a diagram of.

diagram

/ ˌdaɪəɡrəˈmætɪk; ˈdaɪəˌɡræm /

noun

  1. a sketch, outline, or plan demonstrating the form or workings of something
  2. maths a pictorial representation of a quantity or of a relationship

    a Venn diagram

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to show in or as if in a diagram
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • diagrammatic, adjective
  • ˌdiagramˈmatically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • dia·gramma·ble adjective
  • mis·dia·grammed adjective
  • un·dia·gramed adjective
  • un·dia·grammed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diagram1

1610–20; < Latin diagramma < Greek: that which is marked out by lines. See dia-, -gram 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diagram1

C17: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein, from graphein to write
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Example Sentences

In a beet red sweater adorned with a diagram of the uterus, she has already squeezed in a session at the gym and tended to her daughters, including the youngest, now 7 months old.

There probably isn’t much of a Venn diagram overlap between these two shows' viewerships now, and both creators doubt there will be much of one in the future.

From Salon

Carter fit no mold nor any of those familiar journalistic diagrams by which political writers try to explore the nature of a presidency through the personality of the President.

From Salon

The sliver in the Venn diagram of where our practices of medicine overlap is inconceivably slim.

From Salon

Among the documents were handwritten scouting reports from club managers, detailing the performance and strategies of opposing teams, hand-drawn diagrams and a training camp programme from 1966.

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