Definitions for PLOT
plɒtplot

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.1 / 22 votes

1. plot, secret plan, gamenoun

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

   "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"

2. plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patchnoun

   a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

   "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"

3. plotnoun

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

   "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"

4. plotverb

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

5. plotverb

   plan secretly, usually something illegal

   "They plotted the overthrow of the government"

6. diagram, plotverb

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

7. plat, plotverb

   make a plat of

   "Plat the town"

8. plotverb

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

   "the writer is plotting a new novel"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 9 votes

1. plotnoun

   The general course of a story including significant events that determine its course or significant patterns of events.

2. plotnoun

   An area or land used for building on or planting on.

3. plotnoun

   A plan to commit a crime.

4. plotnoun

   A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

5. plotverb

   To conceive (a crime, etc).

   They had plotted a robbery.

6. plotverb

   To trace out (a graph or diagram).

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

7. plotverb

   To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

8. plotverb

   To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

   They were plotting against the king.

9. Etymology: From plot, plotte, from plot, from plataz, of uncertain origin. Cognate with plet, Bletz,. See also plat.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PLOTnoun

   Etymology: plot , Saxon.

   1. A small extent of ground.

   It was a chosen plot of fertile land,
   Amongst wide waves set like a little nest,
   As if it had by nature’s cunning hand
   Been choicely picked out from all the rest. Fairy Queen.

   Plant ye with alders or willowes a plot,
   Where yeerely as needeth mo poles may be got. Thomas Tusser.

   Many unfrequented plots there are,
   Fitted by kind for rape and villainy. William Shakespeare.

   Were there but this single plot to lose,
   This mould of Marcius, they to dust would grind it,
   And throw’t against the wind. William Shakespeare.

   When we mean to build,
   We first survey the plot, then draw the model,
   And when we see the figure of the house,
   Then we must rate the cost of the erection. William Shakespeare.

   Weeds grow not in the wild uncultivated waste, but in garden plots under the negligent hand of a gardener. John Locke.

   2. A plantation laid out.

   Some goddess inhabiteth this region, who is the soul of this soil; for neither is any less than a goddess, worthy to be shrined in such a heap of pleasures; nor any less than a goddess could have made it so perfect a plot. Philip Sidney.

   3. A form; a scheme; a plan.

   The law of England never was properly applied unto the Irish nation, as by a purposed plot of government, but as they could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   4. [Imagined by Stephen Skinner to be derived from platform, but evidently contracted from complot, Fr.] A conspiracy; a secret design formed against another.

   I have o’erheard a plot of death upon him. William Shakespeare.

   Easy seems the thing to every one,
   That nought could cross their plot, or them suppress. Dan.

   5. An intrigue; an affair complicated, involved and embarrassed; the story of a play, comprising an artful involution of affairs, unravelled at last by some unexpected means.

   If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before. Alexander Pope.

   Nothing must be sung between the acts,
   But what some way conduces to the plot. Wentworth Dillon.

   Our author
   Produc’d his play, and begg’d the knight’s advice,
   Made him observe the subject and the plot,
   The manners, passions, unities, what not? Alexander Pope.

   They deny the plot to be tragical, because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. John Gay.

   6. Stratagem; secret combination to any ill end.

   Frustrate all our plots and wiles. John Milton.

   7. Contrivance; deep reach of thought.

   Who says he was not
   A man of much plot,
   May repent that false accusation;
   Having plotted and pen’d
   Six plays to attend
   The farce of his negociation. John Denham.

2. To Plotverb

   1. To plan; to contrive.

   With shame and sorrow fill’d:
   Shame for his folly; sorrow out of time
   For plotting an unprofitable crime. Dryden.

   2. To describe according to ichnography.

   This treatise plotteth down Cornwall, as it now standeth, for the particulars. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

3. To Plotverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To form schemes of mischief against another, commonly against those in authority.

   The subtle traitor
   This day had plotted in the council house
   To murther me. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   The wicked plotteth against the just. Psalm xxxvii. 12.

   He who envies now thy state,
   Who now is plotting how he may seduce
   Thee from obedience. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vi.

   The wolf that round th’ inclosure prowl’d
   To leap the fence, now plots not on the fold. Dryden.

   2. To contrive; to scheme.

   The count tells the marquis of a flying noise, that the prince did plot to be secretly gone; to which the marquis answer’d, that though love had made his highness steal out of his own country, yet fear would never make him run out of Spain. Henry Wotton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plot

   A plot refers to the sequence of events or main storyline in a narrative such as a book, play, movie, or other storytelling formats. It typically includes elements such as introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The plot involves the characters and their actions or experiences, which contributes to the overall theme or message of the story.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Plotnoun

   a small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot

2. Plotnoun

   a plantation laid out

3. Plotnoun

   a plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale

4. Plotverb

   to make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate

5. Plotnoun

   any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot

6. Plotnoun

   a share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy

7. Plotnoun

   contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue

8. Plotnoun

   a plan; a purpose

9. Plotnoun

   in fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means

10. Plotverb

    to form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire

11. Plotverb

    to contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme

12. Plotverb

    to plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly

13. Etymology: [AS. plot; cf. Goth. plats a patch. Cf. Plat a piece of ground.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plot

   Plot is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause and effect how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. One is generally interested in how well this pattern of events accomplishes some artistic or emotional effect. An intricate, complicated plot is called an imbroglio, but even the simplest statements of plot may include multiple inferences, as in traditional ballads.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Plot

   plot, n. a small piece of ground: a plan of a field, &c., drawn on paper: a patch or spot on clothes.—v.t. to make a plan of:—pr.p. plot′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. plot′ted. [A.S. plot.]

2. Plot

   plot, n. a complicated scheme, esp. for a mischievous purpose: a conspiracy: stratagem: the chain of incidents which are gradually unfolded in the story of a play, &c.—v.i. to scheme: to form a scheme of mischief: to conspire.—v.t. to devise:—pr.p. plot′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. plot′ted.—adj. Plot′ful.—adj. Plot′-proof, safe from any danger by plots.—ns. Plot′ter, one who plots: a conspirator; Plot′ting.—adv. Plot′tingly. [Fr. complot, acc. to Diez, from L. complicitum, pa.p. of complicāre, to fold.]

3. Plot

   plot, v.t. (Scot.) to scald, steep in very hot water.—n. Plot′tie, a kind of mulled wine.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plot

   1. Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort. 2. Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart. 3. The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time. 4. A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plot

   A plan or chart. (See ICHNOGRAPHY.)

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1. PLOT

   What does PLOT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PLOT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Contrive
   • Draw
   • Plan
   • Story
   • Tract

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PLOT' in Nouns Frequency: #1642

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PLOT' in Verbs Frequency: #1061

Anagrams for PLOT »

1. OLTP

2. polt

How to pronounce PLOT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PLOT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PLOT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of PLOT in a Sentence

1. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif:

   The plot is to push Iran into taking action. And then use that, it is not a crisis yet, but it is a dangerous situation.

2. Sally Lloyd Jones ':

   I think if you treat children with excellence and you write with excellence then you write with the kind of quality they deserve and you work hard and you don’t just dumb it down. Excellence is the most inclusive thing and you are going to reach the adult without even being able to help it. and when do we ever hear the plot line of the Bible? she said. We may go to church and be there for Bible study but it is very rare that we are going to sit down and actually read the Bible cover to cover. Most of us think we we know what the Bible is all about. It’s about the God who loves us, it is a story of his love for us.

3. Adam Schiff:

   We want to know what Ginni Thomas knows, what Ginni Thomas involvement was in this plot to overturn the election, ginni Thomas has said that Ginni Thomas is willing to come in and testify voluntarily. We're glad to hear that.

4. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   You cannot have your cake and eat it too. You cannot enjoy all worlds, live off all the rights in democratic Israel, which respects all its citizen rights, Arabs and Jews as one, and at the same time plot against the state. I ask you choose truth and coexistence.

5. Vanna Bonta:

   The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PLOT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plot
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=PLOT
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PLOT
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=PLOT
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=PLOT
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=PLOT