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Definition plot

Etymology

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 ????? (plats, �a patch, rags�). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of the "secret plan" sense.

Noun

plot (plural plots)

1. (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]
2. An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]
3. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
4. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]
5. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
6. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
7. A plan; a purpose.

Verb

plot (third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted)

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

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