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Plot

//plɒt// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by 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."

  2. 2
    a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) wordnet
  3. 3
    An area or land used for building on or planting on.
  4. 4
    the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. wordnet
  5. 5
    A grave.

    "He's buried in the family plot."

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  1. 6
    a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object wordnet
  2. 7
    A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

    "I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast."

  3. 8
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation wordnet
  4. 9
    A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

    "The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board."

  5. 10
    Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

    "a man of much plot"

  6. 11
    Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

    "And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce."

  7. 12
    A plan; a purpose.

    "no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls"

  8. 13
    Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets. euphemistic, slang

    "Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07."

Verb
  1. 1
    To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc). intransitive, transitive

    "They had plotted a robbery."

  2. 2
    plan secretly, usually something illegal wordnet
  3. 3
    To trace out (a graph or diagram). transitive

    "They plotted the number of edits per day."

  4. 4
    make a plot of wordnet
  5. 5
    To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc). transitive

    "Every five minutes they plotted their position."

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  1. 6
    devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) wordnet
  2. 7
    make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of noun sense 5. Noun sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot.

Etymology 2

From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of noun sense 5. Noun sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot.

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