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plot

/plɒt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. (authorship) 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 graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
  4. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
  5. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
  6. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
  7. To conceive (a crime, etc).
  8. To trace out (a graph or diagram).
  9. To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
  10. To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data