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Definition of 'Plot'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) plot
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish a usu. evil purpose.

2.  plot
the main story of a literary or dramatic work.

3.  plot
a small piece of ground:
a garden plot.

4.  plot
a measured parcel of land:
a two-acre plot.

5. (v.t.) plot
to plan secretly or conspiratorially:
to plot mutiny.

6.  plot
to mark on a plan, map, or chart, as the course of a ship.

7.  plot
to draw a plan or map of, as a tract of land or a building.

8.  plot
to divide (land) into plots.

9.  plot
to determine and mark (points), as on graph paper, by means of measurements or coordinates.

10.  plot
to draw (a curve) by means of points so marked.

11.  plot
to represent by means of such a curve.

12.  plot
to make (a calculation) by graph.

13.  plot
to devise or construct the plot of (a play, novel, etc.).

14. (v.i.) plot
to plan or scheme secretly.

15.  plot
to devise the plot of a literary work.

Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME, OE; influenced in sense by plat¹, complot)

Definition of 'Plot'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) plot, secret plan, game
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. (noun) plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
"a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"

3. (noun) plot
the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
"the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"

4. (verb) plot
a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

5. (verb) plot
plan secretly, usually something illegal
"They plotted the overthrow of the government"

6. (verb) diagram, plot
make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

7. (verb) plat, plot
make a plat of
"Plat the town"

8. (verb) plot
devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
"the writer is plotting a new novel"

Definition of 'Plot'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) plot
the outline of a story
The plot was very complicated.; plot and characters

2. plot
a secret plan to do sth bad
a plot to blow up an office building; an assassination plot; the plot against the President

3. (verb) plot
to secretly plan to do sth bad
a group that was plotting to attack a school

4. plot
to mark the progress, development, etc. of sth on a chart, map, etc.
teachers plotting their students' progress

Definition of 'Plot'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Plot
a small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot

2. (noun) Plot
a plantation laid out

3. (noun) Plot
a plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale

4. (noun) Plot
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

5. (noun) Plot
a share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy

6. (noun) Plot
contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue

7. (noun) Plot
a plan; a purpose

8. (noun) Plot
in fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means

9. (verb) Plot
to make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate

10. (verb) Plot
to form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire

11. (verb) Plot
to contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme

12. (verb) Plot
to plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly

Definition of 'Plot'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

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.

Translation of 'Plot'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a plan, especially for doing something evil; a conspiracy a plot to assassinate the President.
Afrikaans: komplot	Arabic: مَكيدَه، مُؤامَرَه	Bulgarian: план
Brazilian: conspiração	Czech: spiknutí, intrika	German: das Komplott
Danish: sammensværgelse	Greek: συνωμοσία	Spanish: complot
Estonian: salasepitsus	Farsi: توطئه	Finnish: salajuoni
French: complot	Hebrew: מְזִימָה	Hindi: साजिश
Croatian: urota	Hungarian: összeesküvés	Indonesian: komplotan
Icelandic: ráðabrugg	Italian: complotto	Japanese: 策略
Korean: 음모	Lithuanian: sąmokslas	Latvian: sazvērestība; intriga
Malay: pakatan jahat	Dutch: samenzwering	Norwegian: komplott, sammensvergelse
Polish: zmowa	Persian: دسيسه، توطئه	Pashto: دسيسه، توطئه
Portuguese: conspiração	Romanian: complot	Russian: заговор
Slovak: sprisahanie	Slovenian: zarota	Serbian: zavera
Swedish: komplott, sammansvärjning	Thai: อุบาย	Turkish: entrika, komplo
Taiwanese: 密謀，陰謀	Ukrainian: змова; інтрига	Urdu: منصوبہ
Vietnamese: âm mưu	Chinese: 密谋，阴谋
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