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. (slang) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

Verb

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

Concepten

samenzwering

complot

konkelarij

plot

intrige

komplot

machinatie

verwikkeling

samenspanning

bedenken

plotten

beramen

intrigeren

ontwerpen

plattegrond

perceel

aanleggen

konkelarij

spannig

merken

tekenen

afschilderen

schilderen

uitbeelden

uitschilderen

diagram

grafiek

complotteren

conspiratie

plannen smeden

samenspannen

samenzweren

smeden

tekening

gebied

terrein

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/plɒt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”), Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (plats, “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.