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English noun: plot | |||
| 1. | plot (cognition) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | ||
| Samples | They concocted a plot to discredit the governor. I saw through his little game from the start. | ||
| Synonyms | game, secret plan | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | scheme, strategy | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cabal, conspiracy, counterplan, counterplot, intrigue, machination | ||
| 2. | plot (location) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | ||
| Samples | A bean plot. A cabbage patch. A briar patch. | ||
| Synonyms | patch, plot of ground, plot of land | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bed, garden | ||
| 3. | plot (communication) the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. | ||
| Samples | The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | story | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | action, plot line, storyline | ||
| 4. | plot (communication) a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chart | ||
English verb: plot | |||
| 1. | plot (cognition) plan secretly, usually something illegal | ||
| Samples | They plotted the overthrow of the government. | ||
| Examples | They plot to move | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plan | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cabal, complot, conjure, connive, conspire, counterplot, intrigue, machinate, scheme | ||
| 2. | plot (creation) make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | ||
| Synonyms | diagram | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | draw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | graph | ||
| 3. | plot (cognition) make a plat of | ||
| Samples | Plat the town. | ||
| Synonyms | plat | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | map | ||
| 4. | plot (creation) devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) | ||
| Samples | The writer is plotting a new novel. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contrive, design, plan, project | ||
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