Meaning of 'plot' (Webster Dictionary)
- A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
- A plantation laid out.
- A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a
scale.
- Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a
complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose,
usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue;
as, the Rye-house Plot.
- A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any
stratagem or conspiracy.
- Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or
intrigue.
- A plan; a purpose.
- In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem,
comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded,
sometimes by unexpected means.
- To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially
against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
- To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
- To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of
on a plan; to delineate.
- To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
Meaning of 'plot' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
Example in sentence:- a bean plot;
- a briar patch;
- a cabbage patch
Meaning (2):
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
Example in sentence:- I saw through his little game from the start;
- they concocted a plot to discredit the governor
Meaning (3):
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
Example in sentence:- the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal
Meaning (4):
- make a plat of
Meaning (5):
- devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
Example in sentence:- the writer is plotting a new novel
Meaning (6):
- plan secretly, usually something illegal
Example in sentence:- They plotted the overthrow of the government
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