plot
- plot
- [[t]plɒ̱t[/t]]
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plots, plotting, plotted
1)
N-COUNT: usu N
to-inf, N against
n A
plot is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government.
Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government...
He was responding to reports of an assassination plot against him.
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2)
VERB If people
plot to do something or
plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it.
[V to-inf] Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government...
[V n] The military were plotting a coup...
[V against n] They are awaiting trial on charges of plotting against the state.
Syn:
3) VERB When people plot a strategy or a course of action, they carefully plan each step of it.
[V n] Yesterday's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party...
[V n] For the next five years she plotted her career.
4) N-VAR The plot of a film, novel, or play is the connected series of events which make up the story.
5)
N-COUNT: usu with
supp, oft N of
n A
plot of land is a small piece of land, especially one that has been measured or marked out for a special purpose, such as building houses or growing vegetables.
I thought that I'd buy myself a small plot of land and build a house on it...
The bottom of the garden was given over to vegetable plots.
6) VERB When someone plots something on a graph, they mark certain points on it and then join the points up.
[V n] So we form the cumulative distribution in the usual way and plot about eight points on the graph.
7) VERB When someone plots the position or course of a plane or ship, they mark it on a map using instruments to obtain accurate information.
[V n] We were trying to plot the course of the submarine.
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8) VERB If someone plots the progress or development of something, they make a diagram or a plan which shows how it has developed in order to give some indication of how it will develop in the future.
[V n] They used a computer to plot the movements of everyone in the police station on December 24, 1990.
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9) PHRASE: V inflects If someone loses the plot, they become confused and do not know what they should do. [INFORMAL]
The Tories have lost the plot on law and order.
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