plot

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
3. A grave.
4. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
5. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
6. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
7. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
8. A plan; a purpose.
9. (euphemistic, slang) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
2. (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
3. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

Concepten

samenzwering

complot

konkelarij

machinatie

plot

komplot

intrige

samenspanning

verwikkeling

beramen

intrigeren

ontwerpen

perceel

bedenken

plattegrond

plotten

conspiratie

konkelarij

complotteren

aanleggen

spannig

afschilderen

gebied

grafiek

merken

plannen smeden

samenspannen

samenzweren

schilderen

smeden

tekenen

tekening

terrein

uitbeelden

uitschilderen

diagram

Synoniemen

scheme

plan

conspiracy

intrigue

conspire

design

lot

contrive

stratagem

diagram

devise

site

parcel

trick

map

chart

💹

storyline

outline

connive

story

draw

graph

plat

plot of land

machinate

land

region

project

complot

strategy

contrivance

ground

propose

game

field

scenario

draft

artifice

patch

machination

sketch

area

a lot

layout

bed

🛏️

attempt

portion

associate with

garden

district

Vertalingen

complot

intrigue

complotto

appezzamento

parcela

trama

congiura

parcelle

Intrige

complot

conspiration

Komplott

Handlung

trama

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/plɒt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: plot

Overgenomen van Oudengels: plot

Verwant aan Middle Low German: plet

Verwant aan Duits: Bletz

Verwant aan Gothisch: 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃

In summary

From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with 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 on or source of sense 5.
Sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot.

Zinnen

The topmen began to plot mutiny .

De topmannen begonnen muiterij te plotten.