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plot

Pronunciation: /plɒt/

The English word “plot” has 15 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
  2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
  3. A grave.
  4. A ground plan, map; a nautical chart.
  5. A sketch or outline detailing the arrangement of something; a plan.
  6. A synopsis of a literary work.
  7. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
  8. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
  9. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
  10. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
  11. A plan; a purpose.
  12. Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

verb

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

Etymology

From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags,…

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