Meaning of plot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. weave, weft
2. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
4. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
5. A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot.
6. plot (the course of a story)
7. An area or land used for building on or planting on
8. A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
9. A grave.
10. grid (as in an urban grid)
11. A grave
12. See graph1.
13. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
14. fabric
15. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device
16. The pattern or sequence of interrelated events in a work of fiction, as a novel or film.
17. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
18. frame
19. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable
20. A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.
21. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
22. To represent graphically, as on a chart: plot a ship's course.
23. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
24. Mathematics a. To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.
    Mathematics
25. A plan; a purpose.
26. To write or develop the plot of: "I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read" (James Baldwin).
27. Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.
    euphemistic, slang
28. To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously: plot an assassination.
29. To form or take part in a plot; scheme: were plotting for months before the attack.

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Examples

“If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.”

“He's buried in the family plot.”

“I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.”

“The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.”

“The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.”

“I have o'erheard a plot of death.”

“O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!”

“a man of much plot”

“And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.”

“no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls”

“Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07.”

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