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plot (pl

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 of events or main story in a narrative or drama.

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 conceive and arrange the action and incidents 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 be located by means of coordinates, as on a chart or with data.

2. To form or take part in a plot; scheme.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

plotless adj.

plotless·ness n.

plot¹

1. a secret plan to achieve some purpose, esp one that is illegal or underhand a plot to overthrow the government

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the story or plan of a play, novel, etc.

3. (Military) Military a graphic representation of an individual or tactical setting that pinpoints an artillery target

4. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) Chiefly US a diagram or plan, esp a surveyor's map

lose the plot Informal to lose one's ability or judgment in a given situation

vb plots, plotting, plotted

1. to plan secretly (something illegal, revolutionary, etc.); conspire

2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Navigation) (tr) to mark (a course, as of a ship or aircraft) on a map

3. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) (tr) to make a plan or map of

4. (Mathematics)

a. to locate and mark (one or more points) on a graph by means of coordinates

b. to draw (a curve) through these points

5. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (tr) to construct the plot of (a literary work)

[from plot², influenced in use by complot]

plot²

a small piece of land a vegetable plot

vb plots, plotting, plotted

(tr) to arrange or divide (land) into plots

[Old English: piece of land, plan of an area]

1. Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
2. Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart.
3. The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.
4. A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	plot - a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" secret plan, game scheme, strategy - an elaborate and systematic plan of action counterplan, counterplot - a plot intended to subvert another plot intrigue, machination - a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends cabal, conspiracy - a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
	2.	plot - a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" plot of ground, plot of land, patch bed - a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses" garden - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	3.	plot - the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal" story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" action - the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action" plot line, storyline - the plot of a book or play or film
	4.	plot - a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object chart - a visual display of information
Verb	1.	plot - plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government" plan - make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" cabal, complot, conspire, machinate, conjure - engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" counterplot - make a plot in response to another plot scheme, connive, intrigue - form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
	2.	plot - make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed diagram draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" graph - plot upon a graph
	3.	plot - make a plat of; "Plat the town" plat map - make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"
	4.	plot - devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel" contrive, design, plan, project - make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

plot¹

noun

1. plan, scheme, intrigue, conspiracy, cabal, stratagem, machination, covin (Law) a plot to overthrow the government

2. story, action, subject, theme, outline, scenario, narrative, thread, story line the plot of a cheap spy novel

verb

1. plan, scheme, conspire, intrigue, manoeuvre, contrive, collude, cabal, hatch a plot, machinate They are awaiting trial for plotting against the state.

2. devise, design, project, lay, imagine, frame, conceive, brew, hatch, contrive, concoct, cook up (informal) a meeting to plot the survival strategy of the party

3. chart, mark, draw, map, draft, locate, calculate, outline, compute We were trying to plot the course of the submarine.

Quotations
"Ay, now the plot thickens very much upon us" [George Villiers Buckingham The Rehearsal]

plot²

noun patch, lot, area, ground, parcel, tract, allotment a small plot of land for growing vegetables

Translations

plot¹ [plɒt] N (Agr) → parcela f, terreno m; [of vegetables, flowers etc] → cuadro m
a plot of grass → un cuadro de césped
a plot of land (gen) → un terreno; (for building) → un solar, un lote(esp LAm)
a vegetable plot → un cuadro de hortalizas

plot² [plɒt]

A. N

1. (= conspiracy) → complot m, conjura f

2. (Literat, Theat) → trama f, argumento m
to lose the plot → perderse, perder el hilo
the plot thickens → la cosa se complica

B. VT

1. (on graph etc) [+ progress, course, position] → trazar
to plot A against Z → trazar A como función de Z

2. [+ downfall, ruin etc] → urdir, fraguar

C. VI → maquinar, conspirar
to plot to do sth → conspirar para hacer algo

plot out VT + ADV [+ course, route] → trazar; [+ strategy, plan] → marcar, trazar

plot [ˈplɒt]

n (= conspiracy) → complot m
a plot against the president → un complot contre le président
a plot to do sth → un complot visant à faire qch
a plot to overthrow the government → un complot visant à renverser le gouvernement

[story, play] → intrigue f
to have lost the plot [person, organization, team] → avoir perdu le fil

(= piece of land) → terrain m
a vegetable plot → un carré de légumes

(= conspire) → comploter
to plot to do sth → comploter de faire qch
They were plotting to kill him → Ils complotaient de le tuer.

(= plan carefully) → planifier

(= mark out) [course, position] → déterminer; [point] → reporter
to plot points on a graph → reporter des points sur un graphique

vi → comploter
to plot against → comploter contre

plot

(Agr) → Stück nt → Land; (= bed: in garden) → Beet nt; (= building plot) → Grundstück nt; (= allotment) → Parzelle f; (in graveyard) → Grabstelle f; a plot of land → ein Stück nt → Land; a plot of lettuces → ein Salatbeet nt; (larger) → ein Salatfeld nt

(US: = diagram, chart, of estate) → Plan m; (of building) → Grundriss m

(= conspiracy) → Verschwörung f, → Komplott nt ? thicken VI b

(Liter, Theat) → Handlung f, → Plot m (spec); to lose the plot (fig inf) → den Überblick verlieren; you’ve lost the plot (fig inf) → bei dir ist echt alles verloren (inf)

(= plan) → planen, aushecken (inf); what are you plotting now? → was heckst du nun schon wieder aus? (inf); they plotted to kill him → sie planten gemeinsam, ihn zu töten

position, course → feststellen; (= draw on map) → einzeichnen; (Math, Med) curve → aufzeichnen

vi → sich verschwören; to plot against somebody → sich gegen jdn verschwören, gegen jdn ein Komplott schmieden

plot¹ [plɒt] n (of land) → appezzamento, lotto
a vegetable plot → un orticello
building plot → lotto edificabile

plot² [plɒt]

1. n

a. (conspiracy) → complotto, cospirazione f, congiura

b. (of story, play) → intreccio, trama

2. vt

a. (mark out, course, graph, diagram) → tracciare
to plot one's position (Naut) → fare il punto

b. (plan secretly) → complottare, cospirare, congiurare

3. vi → complottare, congiurare

plot² [plɒt]

1. n

a. (conspiracy) → complotto, cospirazione f, congiura

b. (of story, play) → intreccio, trama

2. vt

a. (mark out, course, graph, diagram) → tracciare
to plot one's position (Naut) → fare il punto

b. (plan secretly) → complottare, cospirare, congiurare

3. vi → complottare, congiurare

plot

n plot [plot]

1 a plan, especially for doing something evil; a conspiracy a plot to assassinate the President. komplot مَكيدَه، مُؤامَرَه план spiknutí, intrika sammensværgelse das Komplott συνωμοσία complot salasepitsus توطئه salajuoni complot מְזִימָה साजिश urota összeesküvés komplotan ráðabrugg complotto 策略 음모 sąmokslas sazvērestība; intriga pakatan jahat samenzwering komplott, sammensvergelse zmowa conspiração complot заговор sprisahanie zarota zavera komplott, sammansvärjning อุบาย entrika, komplo 密謀，陰謀 змова; інтрига منصوبہ âm mưu 密谋，阴谋

2 the story of a play, novel etc The play has a very complicated plot. storielyn حَبْكَه روائيّه او مَسْرَحِيَّه сюжет zápletka handling die Handlung υπόθεση, πλοκή trama, argumento sündmustik طرح داستان juoni intrigue עֲלִילָה कथावस्तु, कथानक radnja,zapletaj (romana i sl.) cselekmény alur cerita söguþráður, flétta trama 筋 줄거리 siužetas sižets jalan cerita intrige handling, intrige fabuła enredo intrigă сюжет zápletka zaplet zaplet handling, intrig เค้าโครงเรื่อง konu, tema 情節 сюжет; фабула ڈرامہ کي کہاني cốt truyện 情节

3 a small piece of land eg for use as a gardening area or for building a house on. erf قِطْعَة أرْض парцел parcela, malý pozemek grund das Stück Land κομμάτι γης, οικόπεδο terreno, solar maalapp قطعه؛ قواره palsta terrain חֶלקֹה भूखण्ड čestica zemlje,parcela telek sebidang tanah reitur, skiki, blettur, lóð appezzamento, lotto 小区画 작은 땅 sklypas zemes gabals; lauciņš petak stuk grond jordstykke, tomt parcela lote parcelă (de pământ) участок земли parcela, malý pozemok parcela plac jordbit, täppa, tomt ที่ดินแปลงเล็ก arsa 小塊土地 ділянка زمين کا پلاٹ mảnh đất nhỏ 小块土地

v – past tense, past participle ˈplotted –

1 to plan to bring about (something evil) They were plotting the death of the king. saamsweer يُدَبِّر، يُحيك заговорнича snovat, intrikovat konspirere om planen συνωμοτώ, σχεδιάζω, καταστρώνω maquinar, conspirar (sala)sepitsema نقشه سری کشیدن juonia comploter לִקשוֹר קֶשֶר साजिश रचना urotiti se kitervel merencanakan brugga launráð complottare たくらむ 음모를 꾸미다 ruošti (sąmokslą), planuoti rīkot sazvērestību; vērpt intrigu merancang pakatan jahat samenzweren konspirere mot, pønske på knuć conspirar a complota замышлять osnovať snovati zaroto kovati smida ränker, konspirera, umgås med hemliga planer på วางแผน entrika çevirmek, komplo kurmak 策劃 організовувати змову; інтригувати سازش کرنا âm mưu 策划

2 to make a plan, map, graph etc of The navigator plotted the course of the ship. stip, aanstip يُخَطِّط начертавам zmapovat, zakreslit indtegne; plotte Kurs ermitteln χαράζω, σχεδιάζω, αποτυπώνω γραφικά trazar plaanile märkima نقشه چیزی را کشیدن kartoittaa tracer לְשַׂרטֵט, לַעֲשׂוֹת תָרשִים नक्शे पर अंकित करना planirati térképet/grafikont készít; megrajzol (útirányt) membuat rencana kortleggja tracciare 図に描く 지도에 표시하다 nubrėžti []plānot memplot in kaart brengen tegne ut, kartlegge nakreślić traçar a trasa составлять, наносить zmapovať, zakresliť načrtovati nacrtati kartlägga, markera เขียนแผนที่ işaretlemek 標繪(圖) накреслювати план نقشہ بنانا، خاکہ بنانا vẽ sơ đồ 标绘（图）

plot → حبكة, قطعة أرض komplot, parcela komplot, lod aushecken, Grundstück αγροτεμάχιο, συνωμοτώ conspirar, parcela palsta, salajuoni comploter, parcelle parcela, urota complottare, lotto たくらむ, 小区画 음모를 꾸미다, 작은 지면 intrige, lapje grond jordstykke, komplott działka, uknuć lote, tramar делянка, разрабатывать план anstifta en komplott, tomt ที่ดิน, วางแผน arsa, gizli plan âm mưu, mảnh đất 密谋, 小块土地

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