plot

Meaning

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.

scheme

plan

plot of land

collaborate with

secret plan

be an accomplice

collude with

associate with

plot of ground

small piece

building lot

piece of land

plan to commit a crime

plotline

plot line

pull wires

rice-field

secret intention

secret design

evil scheme

trick up one’s sleeve

development

lay a plot

be intent

contrive up

orchad

organery

plan contrive

form a plot

graphical chart

graphic chart

drawing practice

graphical plot

graph table

surveying and mapping

plot table

plant-school

seedling nursery

seek accord

graphic representation

hatch up

image curve

nursery garden

seek after

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plɒt/

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.

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