plot.
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
Meaning & usage
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 grave.
He's buried in the family plot.
A ground plan, map; a nautical chart.
A sketch or outline detailing the arrangement of something; a plan.
A synopsis of a literary work.
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 plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
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.
Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.
Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare 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 and reinforcement of noun sense 8. Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.
To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
They had plotted a robbery.
They were plotting against the king.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare 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 and reinforcement of noun sense 8. Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.
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