Pronunciation Noun
plot (plural plots)
- (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]
- Synonyms: storyline
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- An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]
- Synonyms: parcel
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]
- Synonyms: conspiracy, scheme
- The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
- The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene vi]:
- I have o'erheard a plot of death.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 1, scene 1]:
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- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
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- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- 1644, John Milton, The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce:
- And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.
- A plan; a purpose.
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- French: intrigue
- German: Handlung
- Italian: trama, ordito, schema, canovaccio, intrigo
- Portuguese: argumento, trama, enredo, intriga
- Russian: сюже́т
- Spanish: argumento, trama, hilo argumental, intriga
- French: lopin
- Italian: lotto, parcella, appezzamento, tratto, pezzo
- Portuguese: lote
- Russian: наде́л
- Spanish: plano, lote, solar
- French: diagramme, graphique
- Italian: grafico, diagramma, planimetria
- Portuguese: diagrama, gráfico
- Russian: граф
- Spanish: gráfica, diagrama
- French: complot
- German: Komplott
- Italian: complotto, congiura, macchinazione, trama, ordito, cospirazione, piano, intrigo
- Portuguese: complô
- Russian: за́говор
- Spanish: complot, conspiración
plot (plots, present participle plotting; past and past participle plotted)
- (transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).
- They had plotted a robbery.
- (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- They plotted the number of edits per day.
- (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- Every five minutes they plotted their position.
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- (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
- They were plotting against the king.
- French: comploter
- German: planen, ausarbeiten, entwerfen
- Italian: complottare, ordire, macchinare, congiurare, tramare, cospirare, pianificare, intrigare, tessere, orchestrare, architettare, fare la fronda
- Portuguese: conceber
- Spanish: tramar
- French: conspirer
- Italian: organizzare, cospirare, complottare
- Spanish: conspirar, tramar
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