plot — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

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

   Synonymes

   storyline

   Exemples

   Plus d’exemples (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.

   Synonymes

   parcel

3. A grave.

   Exemples

   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.

   Synonymes

   scheme

   Exemples

   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.

   Synonymes

   conspiracyintriguemachinationscheme

   Exemples

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

   The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

   Plus d’exemples (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.

   Exemples

   a man of much plot

10. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

    Exemples

    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.

    Synonymes

    design

    Exemples

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

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

    Usage

    • euphemistic
    • argot

    Exemples

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

Verbe

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

   Usage

   • intransitif
   • transitif

   Exemples

   They had plotted a robbery.

   They were plotting against the king.

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

   Usage

   • transitif

   Exemples

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

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

   Usage

   • transitif

   Exemples

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

Nom

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

   Synonymes

   secret plangame

   Termes génériques

   schemestrategy

   Exemples

   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

   Synonymes

   plot of landplot of groundpatch

   Termes génériques

   tractpiece of landpiece of groundparcel of landparcel

   Exemples

   a bean plot

   a cabbage patch

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   a briar patch

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

   Termes génériques

   story

   Exemples

   the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal

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

   Termes génériques

   chartgraph

Verbe

1. plan secretly, usually something illegal

   Termes génériques

   plan

   Exemples

   They plotted the overthrow of the government

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

   Synonymes

   diagram

   Termes génériques

   draw

3. make a plot of

   Synonymes

   plat

   Termes génériques

   map

   Exemples

   Plat the town

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

   Termes génériques

   planprojectcontrivedesign

   Exemples

   the writer is plotting a new novel