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Plot

plɒt

Plot definitions
verb
plots plotting plotted plot
  1. secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action)

    "the two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign"

  2. devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, film, or similar work)

    "she would plot a chapter as she drove"

  3. mark (a route or position) on a chart

    "he started to plot lines of ancient sites"

    • mark out or allocate (points) on a graph

      "the dependent variable's points are plotted on the Y axis"

    • make (a curve) by marking out a number of points on a graph

      "a cooling curve is plotted and the freezing point determined"

    • illustrate by use of a graph

      "it is possible to plot fairly closely the rate at which recruitment of girls increased"

noun
plot plots
  1. a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful

    "they have been jailed for their part in a plot to defraud a Swiss bank"

    conspiracy intrigue secret plan/scheme stratagem
  2. the main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence

    "the plot consists almost entirely of a man and woman falling in love"

  3. a small piece of ground marked out for a purpose such as building or gardening

    "a vegetable plot"

  4. a graph showing the relation between two variables
    • a diagram, chart, or map