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plot

UK/plɒt/ US/plɑt/ common slang
noun (4) verb (3)

noun

1.

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

  • “they concocted a plot to discredit the governor”
  • “I saw through his little game from the start”
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2.

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

  • “a bean plot”
  • “a cabbage patch”
  • “a briar patch”
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3.

the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

  • “the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal”
4.

a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

verb

1.

plan secretly, usually something illegal

  • “They plotted the overthrow fo the government”
2.

make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

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3.

make a plat of

  • “Plat the town”
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Origin

From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence and reinforcement of noun sense 8. Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.

Phrases

  • A plot
  • Ashby plot
  • B plot
  • beach ball plot
  • box and whisker plot
  • box and whiskers plot
  • box plot
  • doghouse plot
  • lose to plot
  • plot out

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