Plot

/plɒt/ · noun

Meaning

(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means..

Definitions by Sense

1. (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
3. A grave.
4. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
5. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
6. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
7. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
8. A plan; a purpose.

Example Sentences

If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.

He's buried in the family plot.

I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.

The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.

The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

I have o'erheard a plot of death.

O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!

a man of much plot

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• plots
• plotting
• plotted

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