plot — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

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

   Synonyme

   storyline

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   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.

2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.

   Synonyme

   parcel

3. A grave.

   Beispiele

   He's buried in the family plot.

4. A ground plan, map; a nautical chart.

5. A sketch or outline detailing the arrangement of something; a plan.

6. A synopsis of a literary work.

7. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

   Synonyme

   scheme

   Beispiele

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

8. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

   Synonyme

   conspiracyintriguemachinationscheme

   Beispiele

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

   The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

   Weitere Beispiele (2)

   I have o'erheard a plot of death.

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

9. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

   Beispiele

   a man of much plot

10. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

    Beispiele

    And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.

11. A plan; a purpose.

    Synonyme

    design

    Beispiele

    no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls

12. Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

    Gebrauch

    • euphemistic
    • Slang

    Beispiele

    Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07.

Verb

1. To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv
   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   They had plotted a robbery.

   They were plotting against the king.

2. To trace out (a graph or diagram).

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

3. To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

Substantiv

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

   Synonyme

   secret plangame

   Oberbegriffe

   schemestrategy

   Beispiele

   they concocted a plot to discredit the governor

   I saw through his little game from the start

2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

   Synonyme

   plot of landplot of groundpatch

   Oberbegriffe

   tractpiece of landpiece of groundparcel of landparcel

   Beispiele

   a bean plot

   a cabbage patch

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   a briar patch

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

   Oberbegriffe

   story

   Beispiele

   the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal

4. a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object

   Oberbegriffe

   chartgraph

Verb

1. plan secretly, usually something illegal

   Oberbegriffe

   plan

   Beispiele

   They plotted the overthrow of the government

2. make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

   Synonyme

   diagram

   Oberbegriffe

   draw

3. make a plot of

   Synonyme

   plat

   Oberbegriffe

   map

   Beispiele

   Plat the town

4. devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)

   Oberbegriffe

   planprojectcontrivedesign

   Beispiele

   the writer is plotting a new novel