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plot
[ plot ]
noun
- a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
a plot to overthrow the government.
Synonyms: ,
- Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
- a small piece or area of ground:
a garden plot;
burial plot.
- a measured piece or parcel of land:
a house on a two-acre plot.
- a plan, map, diagram, or other graphic representation, as of land, a building, etc.
- a list, timetable, or scheme dealing with any of the various arrangements for the production of a play, motion picture, etc.:
According to the property plot, there should be a lamp stage left.
- a chart showing the course of a craft, as a ship or airplane.
- Artillery. a point or points located on a map or chart:
target plot.
verb (used with object)
- to plan secretly, especially something hostile or evil:
to plot mutiny.
Synonyms: , ,
- to mark on a plan, map, or chart, as the course of a ship or aircraft.
- to draw a plan or map of, as a tract of land or a building.
- to divide (land) into plots.
- to determine and mark (points), as on plotting paper, by means of measurements or coordinates.
- to draw (a curve) by means of points so marked.
- to represent by means of such a curve.
- to devise or construct the plot of (a play, novel, etc.).
- to prepare a list, timetable, or scheme of (production arrangements), as for a play or motion picture:
The stage manager hadn't plotted the set changes until one day before the dress rehearsal.
- to make (a calculation) by graph.
verb (used without object)
- to plan or scheme secretly; form a plot; conspire.
- to devise or develop a literary or dramatic plot.
- to be marked or located by means of measurements or coordinates, as on plotting paper.
plot
1/ ɒ /
noun
- a secret plan to achieve some purpose, esp one that is illegal or underhand
a plot to overthrow the government
- the story or plan of a play, novel, etc
- military a graphic representation of an individual or tactical setting that pinpoints an artillery target
- a diagram or plan, esp a surveyor's map
- lose the plot informal.to lose one's ability or judgment in a given situation
verb
- to plan secretly (something illegal, revolutionary, etc); conspire
- tr to mark (a course, as of a ship or aircraft) on a map
- tr to make a plan or map of
- to locate and mark (one or more points) on a graph by means of coordinates
- to draw (a curve) through these points
- tr to construct the plot of (a literary work)
plot
2/ ɒ /
noun
- a small piece of land
a vegetable plot
verb
- tr to arrange or divide (land) into plots
plot
- The organization of events in a work of fiction .
Other Word Forms
- dz·ڳܱ adjective
- dz· adjective
- dz··ness noun
- dzܳ·dz verb (used with object) outplotted outplotting
- ··dz verb overplotted overplotting
- ·dz verb (used with object) preplotted preplotting
- ·dz verb (used with object) replotted replotting
- ܲ·dz·ٱ adjective
- ܲ·dz·پԲ adjective
- ɱ-dz·ٱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of plot1
Word History and Origins
Origin of plot1
Origin of plot2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He told Felton he was "more than intelligent enough" to realise the ramifications of his plot would be "far reaching".
A gang of thieves from London who stole ancient artefacts from a Swiss museum have been jailed for plotting to kill a cage fighter at his luxury home.
She was more than happy to plot out a Sunday plan that doesn’t involve “a layover sitting in a coffee shop in the Phoenix airport.”
You plot every detail, but you don’t anticipate guaranteed success.
“Sinners” features a refreshingly original plot that is part Jim Crow period piece about two brothers who open a juke joint, part vampire thriller.
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