plot

Plural: plots

Noun

• a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
  • "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"
• a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  • "a bean plot"
• the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
  • "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
• a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
• The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
• An area or land used for building on or planting on.
• A grave.
• A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
• A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
• Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
• Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
• A plan; a purpose.
• Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

Verb

Verb Forms: plotted, plotting, plots

• To secretly plan a mischievous or unlawful scheme.
• plan secretly, usually something illegal
  • "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
• make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
• make a plat of
• devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
  • "the writer is plotting a new novel"
• To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
• To trace out (a graph or diagram).
• To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

Examples

• Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07.
• Every five minutes they plotted their position.
• He's buried in the family plot.
• His opponent tried to PLOT a way to block all premium squares in Words With Friends.
• The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.
• The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
• They had plotted a robbery.
• They plotted the number of edits per day.
• They were plotting against the king.

Synonyms

diagram, game, patch, plat, plot of ground, plot of land, secret plan, becast, blueprint, chart, connive, conspiracy, design, graph, graphic, intrigue, lot, machination, map, parcel, plan, plot, project, proposal, schematic, scheme, storyline

Anagrams of plot