English dictionary
plot
nounPronunciation
plɒt
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
noun
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
noun
- a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
noun
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
verb
- plan secretly, usually something illegal
verb
- make a plot of
verb
- devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
verb
- make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
Example sentences
they concocted a plot to discredit the governor
I saw through his little game from the start
the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal
a bean plot
a cabbage patch
a briar patch
They plotted the overthrow of the government
Plat the town
the writer is plotting a new novel