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    plot
    /plät/

    noun

    • 1. a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful: "they have been jailed for their part in a plot to defraud a Swiss bank" Similar conspiracyintriguesecret plan/schemestratagem
    • 2. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence: "the plot consists almost entirely of a man and woman falling in love" Similar storylinestorychain of eventsscenario

    verb

    • 1. secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action): "the two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign" Similar planschemearrangeorganize
    • 2. devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, movie, or similar work): "she would plot a chapter as she drove"

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  2. The meaning of PLOT is a small area of planted ground. How to use plot in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Plot.

  3. (Definition of plotting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of plotting. plotting. To visualize this, we generated new graphs by plotting the rank of a candidate's score on the x-axis. From the Cambridge English Corpus.

  4. 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 graph 1. 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.

  5. Jun 10, 2018 · (Definition of plotting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of plotting. plotting. It means people will leave him alone to do his plotting. From ESPN. What helped us was that we were plotting out this ending many months before we got to writing the last three episodes. From A.V. Club.

  6. Plot definition: a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose. See examples of PLOT used in a sentence.

  7. PLOT definition: 1. the story of a book, film, play, etc.: 2. a secret plan made by several people to do something…. Learn more.

  8. A plot is a scheme, a story, a map charting progress, or a piece of land (as for a garden). To plot is to devise a secret plan, order the events of the story, or track your movement on the map. You could make a whole movie based on the word plot.

  9. A plot is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government. Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government. If people plot to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it.

  10. /plɑːt/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to make a secret plan to harm somebody, especially a government or its leader synonym conspire. plot with somebody It is claimed he plotted with the country's enemies. plot against somebody/something They were accused of plotting against the state.

  11. noun. the act of conspiring to do something. She was capable of any sort of plotting. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'plotting' in a sentence. plotting.