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.

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British Dictionary definitions for plot (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 plot (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

Cultural definitions for plot

plot

The organization of events in a work of fiction.