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Underplot

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
  2. A secret scheme or trick.

Equivalents

Examples

“I have⟳ not been able to discover⟳ the source of the very curious underplot of The Captives.”
“Thus, again to quote Mr. Homer Smith, it has been held that 'In general the pastoral incidents serve⟳ as an underplot, utterly foreign in spirit to the main plot.'”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Underplots underplotter underpoint underpollution Underpopulated underpopulation

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