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Plot

/plɒt/

(authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

📖 Definitions of "Plot"

noun
  1. 1

    (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

  2. 2

    An area or land used for building on or planting on.

  3. 3

    A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

  4. 4

    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."

verb
  1. 1

    To conceive (a crime, etc).

    "They had plotted a robbery."

  2. 2

    To trace out (a graph or diagram).

    "They plotted the number of edits per day."

  3. 3

    To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

    "Every five minutes they plotted their position."

  4. 4

    To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

    "They were plotting against the king."

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