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    Plot
    /plät/

    noun

    • 1. a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful: "they have been jailed for their part in a plot to defraud a Swiss bank" Similar conspiracyintriguesecret plan/schemestratagem
    • 2. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence: "the plot consists almost entirely of a man and woman falling in love" Similar storylinestorychain of eventsscenario

    verb

    • 1. secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action): "the two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign" Similar planschemearrangeorganize
    • 2. devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, movie, or similar work): "she would plot a chapter as she drove"
  2. The meaning of PLOT is a small area of planted ground. How to use plot in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Plot.

  3. Plot definition: a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose. See examples of PLOT used in a sentence.

  4. PLOT definition: 1. the story of a book, film, play, etc.: 2. a secret plan made by several people to do something…. Learn more.

  5. Plot is the sequence of interconnected events within the story of a play, novel, film, epic, or other narrative literary work. More than simply an account of what happened, plot reveals the cause-and-effect relationships between the events that occur. Some additional key details about plot:

  6. A plot is a scheme, a story, a map charting progress, or a piece of land (as for a garden). To plot is to devise a secret plan, order the events of the story, or track your movement on the map.

  7. What is Plot? In a narrative or creative writing, a plot is the sequence of events that make up a story, whether it’s told, written, filmed, or sung. The plot is the story, and more specifically, how the story develops, unfolds, and moves in time. Plots are typically made up of five main elements:

  8. PLOT definition: 1. the things that happen in a story: 2. a plan to do something bad: 3. a piece of land, often…. Learn more.

  9. 1. a. A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot. b. A measured area of land; a lot. 2. A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram. 3. See graph 1. 4. The pattern or sequence of interrelated events in a work of fiction, as a novel or film. 5. A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.

  10. plot. noun. /plɒt/. /plɑːt/. Idioms. [countable, uncountable] the series of events that form the story of a novel, play, film, etc. It's hard to follow the plot of the film. plot about something a conventional plot about love and marriage. The book is well organized in terms of plot.

  11. 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. If people plot to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it.

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