plot

(plŏt)

a. A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot.

b. A measured area of land; a lot.

2. A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.

3. See graph¹.

4. The pattern or sequence of interrelated events in a work of fiction, as a novel or film.

5. A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.

v. plot·ted, plot·ting, plots

v.tr.

1. To represent graphically, as on a chart: plot a ship's course.

2. Mathematics

a. To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.

b. To draw (a curve) connecting points on a graph.

3. To write or develop the plot of: "I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read" (James Baldwin).

4. To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously: plot an assassination.

v.intr.

1. To form or take part in a plot; scheme: were plotting for months before the attack.

2. To write or develop the plot for a work of fiction: A good mystery writer must plot well.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

plot′less adj.

plot′less·ness n.

plot′ter n.

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plotter

(ˈplɒtə)

1. (Navigation) an instrument for plotting lines or angles on a chart

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who plots; conspirator

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plot•ter

(ˈplɒt ər)

n.

1. a person or thing that plots.

2. an instrument, as a protractor, for plotting lines and measuring angles on a chart.

3. a type of computer printer that draws a graphical representation on paper with one or more attached pens.

[1580–90]

plotter

A device for drawing a two-dimensional graphic output from a computer on paper.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	plotter - a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action schemer angler - a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage contriver, deviser, planner - a person who makes plans politician - a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways
	2.	plotter - a clerk who marks data on a chart mapper clerk - an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
	3.	plotter - a member of a conspiracy coconspirator, conspirator, machinator confederacy, conspiracy - a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
	4.	plotter - an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically instrument - a device that requires skill for proper use

plotter

noun conspirator, architect, intriguer, planner, conspirer, strategist, conniver, Machiavellian, schemer, cabalist the chief plotter behind the unsuccessful coup attempt

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Translations

cospiratore periferica per disegno tecnico plotter tracciatore

plotter

¹ [ˈplɒtəʳ] N (= conspirator) → conspirador(a) m/f

plotter

² [ˈplɒtəʳ] N (Comput) → trazador m (de gráficos)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

plotter

[ˈplɒtə^r] n

(= conspirator) → conspirateur/trice m/f

(COMPUTING) → traceur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

plotter

n → Verschwörer(in) m(f)

plotter

n (Comput) → Plotter m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

plotter

[ˈplɒtəʳ] n

a. (conspirator) → cospiratore/trice

b. (Naut, Comput) → plotter m inv

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But when the Wolf, day after day, kept in the company of the sheep and did not make the slightest effort to seize them, the Shepherd began to look upon him as a guardian of his flock rather than as a plotter of evil against it; and when occasion called him one day into the city, he left the sheep entirely in his charge.

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That plotter Waddington, or some of his tools, dropped a bomb where it might have done us some injury, but Professor Bumper, who was a fellow passenger, on his way to South America to look for the lost city of Pelone, calmly picked up the bomb, plucked out the fuse, and saved us from bad injuries, if not death.

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The mallet hand of Edward, however, had shattered all the schemes and wiles of the plotter. Neither entreaty nor courtly remonstrance came from the English prince; but Sir Hugh Calverley passed silently over the border with his company, and the blazing walls of the two cities of Miranda and Puenta de la Reyna warned the unfaithful monarch that there were other metals besides gold, and that he was dealing with a man to whom it was unsafe to lie.

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The other swarthy plotter had entered, and was standing behind the count's chair.

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I am the ruler of a conquered land, a lover of war and danger, a fighter and a plotter. But the old man has died, and I am again the slave of the dead.

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Both political parties loudly claimed the work as an expression of their principles, the Whigs discovering in Caesar an embodiment of arbitrary government like that of the Tories, the Tories declaring him a counterpart of Marlborough, a dangerous plotter, endeavoring to establish a military despotism.

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OEDIPUS When with swift strides the stealthy plotter stalks I must be quick too with my counterplot.

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Bill was not by nature a plotter, but the mere fact of travelling under an assumed name had developed a streak of wariness in him.

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265-266) He does mischief to himself who does mischief to another, and evil planned harms the plotter most.

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Whether the little priest's coat and creed touched some southern memories of confession, or whether she fancied he knew more than he did, she said to him in a low voice as to a fellow plotter, "He is right enough in one way, your friend.

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If ever there was a mercenary plotter whose thoughts and designs were always in her mean occupation, I am the amiable creature.

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Pellisson and Gourville went out together by the door of the gallery; Fouquet descended to the garden with the five last plotters.

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