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Plot

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Noun

1. game, plot, secret plan

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

Example Sentences:
'they concocted a plot to discredit the governor'
'I saw through his little game from the start'

2. patch, plot, plot of ground, plot of land

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

Example Sentences:
'a bean plot'
'a cabbage patch'
'a briar patch'

3. plot

the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

Example Sentences:
'the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal'

4. plot

a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

Verb

5. plot

plan secretly, usually something illegal

Example Sentences:
'They plotted the overthrow of the government'

6. diagram, plot

make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

7. plat, plot

make a plat of

Example Sentences:
'Plat the town'

8. plot

devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)

Example Sentences:
'the writer is plotting a new novel'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plot

see synonyms of plot
noun
1. 
a secret plan to achieve some purpose, esp one that is illegal or underhand
a plot to overthrow the government
2. 
the story or plan of a play, novel, etc
3. military
a graphic representation of an individual or tactical setting that pinpoints an artillery target
4. mainly US
a diagram or plan, esp a surveyor's map
5.  lose the plot
verbWord forms: plots, plotting or plotted
6. 
to plan secretly (something illegal, revolutionary, etc); conspire
7. (transitive)
to mark (a course, as of a ship or aircraft) on a map
8. (transitive)
to make a plan or map of
9. 
a. 
to locate and mark (one or more points) on a graph by means of coordinates
b. 
to draw (a curve) through these points
10. (transitive)
to construct the plot of (a literary work)
noun
1. 
a small piece of land
a vegetable plot
verbWord forms: plots, plotting or plotted
2. (transitive)
to arrange or divide (land) into plots

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Plot

see synonyms of plot
noun
1. 
a small area of ground marked off for some special use
garden plot, cemetery plot
2. 
a chart or diagram, as of a building or estate
3. 
a secret, usually evil, project or scheme; conspiracy
4. 
the arrangement of the incidents in a play, novel, narrative poem, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈplotted or ˈplotting
5. 
a. 
to draw a plan or chart of (a ship's course, etc.)
b. 
to mark the position or course of on a map
6. 
to make secret plans for
to plot someone's destruction
7. 
to plan the action of (a story, etc.)
8.  Ancient Mathematics
a. 
to determine or mark the location of (a point) on a graph by means of coordinates
b. 
to represent (an equation) by locating points on a graph and joining them to form a curve
c. 
to draw (the curve thus determined)
verb intransitive
9. 
to scheme or conspire

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Plot

see synonyms of plot
n.
1.
a. A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot.
b. A measured area of land; a lot.
2. A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
3. See graph1.
4. The pattern or sequence of interrelated events in a work of fiction, as a novel or film.
5. A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.
v. plot·ted, plot·ting, plots
v.tr.
1. To represent graphically, as on a chart: plot a ship's course.
2. Mathematics
a. To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.
b. To draw (a curve) connecting points on a graph.
3. To write or develop the plot of: "I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read" (James Baldwin).
4. To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously: plot an assassination.
v.intr.
1. To form or take part in a plot; scheme: were plotting for months before the attack.
2. To write or develop the plot for a work of fiction: A good mystery writer must plot well.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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