roadmap

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verb

To construct a plan of action regarding (something).

CommonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounroadmap (plural roadmaps)

plural roadmaps

  1. alternativeAlternative form of road map.

    And our semiconductor industry, I think, is showing the way as to how roadmaps can be used for very general, very generic and very energizing programs of a very broad nature.

    1997, George Mulholland, John Fassett, Charles Ehrlich, Global Growth of Technology: Is America Prepared?, page 76
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    In 1966, I could not have imagined my life playing out as it has. That I would do the work I do. Or love the women I loved. My life and work seemed laid out for me, the future a detailed roadmap. The map was wrong.

    2022, Robert Kanigel, Young Man, Muddled, Bancroft Press, →ISBN, page 9

    She said: " We're not wasting time. While the cogs of Parliament continue to whir, we will continue to work on the rolling stock and infrastructure strategy, the national transport integrated strategy, and our accessibility roadmap.

    2025 November 12, David Stubbings, “Rail reform bill: pledge to rebuild trust of passengers”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 6
verbroadmap (third-person singular simple present roadmaps, present participle roadmapping, simple past and past participle roadmapped)

present singular third person roadmaps · participle present roadmapping · participle past roadmapped · past roadmapped

  1. transitiveTo construct a plan of action regarding (something).

    More specifically, we believe that such an approach should be: […] Opportunistic in using available software but also planned when developing new software, with the latter carefully roadmapped.

    2002, Gary J. Chastek, editor, Software Product Lines: Second International Conference, SPLC 2, San Diego, CA, USA, August 19–22, 2002. Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 335

Origin

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Chicago

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