plot — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

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

   Sinónimos

   storyline

   Ejemplos

   Más ejemplos (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.

   Sinónimos

   parcel

3. A grave.

   Ejemplos

   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.

   Sinónimos

   scheme

   Ejemplos

   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.

   Sinónimos

   conspiracyintriguemachinationscheme

   Ejemplos

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

   The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

   Más ejemplos (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.

   Ejemplos

   a man of much plot

10. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

    Ejemplos

    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.

    Sinónimos

    design

    Ejemplos

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

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

    Uso

    • euphemistic
    • jerga

    Ejemplos

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

Verbo

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

   Uso

   • intransitivo
   • transitivo

   Ejemplos

   They had plotted a robbery.

   They were plotting against the king.

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

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Ejemplos

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

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

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Ejemplos

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

Sustantivo

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

   Sinónimos

   secret plangame

   Términos más generales

   schemestrategy

   Ejemplos

   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

   Sinónimos

   plot of landplot of groundpatch

   Términos más generales

   tractpiece of landpiece of groundparcel of landparcel

   Ejemplos

   a bean plot

   a cabbage patch

   Más ejemplos (1)

   a briar patch

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

   Términos más generales

   story

   Ejemplos

   the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal

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

   Términos más generales

   chartgraph

Verbo

1. plan secretly, usually something illegal

   Términos más generales

   plan

   Ejemplos

   They plotted the overthrow of the government

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

   Sinónimos

   diagram

   Términos más generales

   draw

3. make a plot of

   Sinónimos

   plat

   Términos más generales

   map

   Ejemplos

   Plat the town

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

   Términos más generales

   planprojectcontrivedesign

   Ejemplos

   the writer is plotting a new novel