plot
/plɒt/
Dictionary
noun
- (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
- An area or land used for building on or planting on.
- 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.
"The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot."
- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- A plan; a purpose.
verb
- To conceive (a crime, etc).
"They had plotted a robbery."
- To trace out (a graph or diagram).
"They plotted the number of edits per day."
- To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
"Every five minutes they plotted their position."
- To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
"They were plotting against the king."
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