plot
[ plot ]
/ plɒt /
noun
verb (used with object), plot·ted, plot·ting.
verb (used without object), plot·ted, plot·ting.
Origin of plot
before 1100; (noun) of multiple orig.: in sense “piece of ground,” Middle English: small area, patch, stain, piece of ground, Old English: piece of ground (origin obscure); in senses “ground plan, outline, map, scheme,” variant (since the 16th century) of
plat1, itself partly a variant of Middle English, Old English
plot; sense “secret plan” (from 16th century) by association with
complot, in pejorative sense; (v.) derivative of the noun
synonym study for plot
1. See
conspiracy.
19.
Plot,
conspire,
scheme imply secret, cunning, and often unscrupulous planning to gain one's own ends. To
plot is to contrive a secret plan of a selfish and often treasonable kind:
to plot against someone's life. To
conspire is to unite with others in an illicit or illegal machination:
to conspire to seize a government. To
scheme is to plan ingeniously, subtly, and often craftily for one's own advantage:
to scheme how to gain power.
OTHER WORDS FROM plot
Words nearby plot
British Dictionary definitions for overplot (1 of 2)
plot
1
/ (plɒt) /
noun
verb plots, plotting or plotted
Word Origin for plot
C16: from
plot ², influenced in use by
complot
British Dictionary definitions for overplot (2 of 2)
plot
2
/ (plɒt) /
noun
a small piece of land
a vegetable plot
verb plots, plotting or plotted
(tr)
to arrange or divide (land) into plots
Word Origin for plot
Old English: piece of land, plan of an area