plot — Słownik języka angielskiego

Rzeczownik

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

   Synonimy

   storyline

   Przykłady

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   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.

   Synonimy

   parcel

3. A grave.

   Przykłady

   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.

   Synonimy

   scheme

   Przykłady

   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.

   Synonimy

   conspiracyintriguemachinationscheme

   Przykłady

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

   The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

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   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.

   Przykłady

   a man of much plot

10. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

    Przykłady

    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.

    Synonimy

    design

    Przykłady

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

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

    Użycie

    • euphemistic
    • slangowe

    Przykłady

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

Czasownik

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

   Użycie

   • nieprzechodnie
   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   They had plotted a robbery.

   They were plotting against the king.

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

   Użycie

   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

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

   Użycie

   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

Rzeczownik

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

   Synonimy

   secret plangame

   Terminy szersze

   schemestrategy

   Przykłady

   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

   Synonimy

   plot of landplot of groundpatch

   Terminy szersze

   tractpiece of landpiece of groundparcel of landparcel

   Przykłady

   a bean plot

   a cabbage patch

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   a briar patch

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

   Terminy szersze

   story

   Przykłady

   the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal

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

   Terminy szersze

   chartgraph

Czasownik

1. plan secretly, usually something illegal

   Terminy szersze

   plan

   Przykłady

   They plotted the overthrow of the government

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

   Synonimy

   diagram

   Terminy szersze

   draw

3. make a plot of

   Synonimy

   plat

   Terminy szersze

   map

   Przykłady

   Plat the town

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

   Terminy szersze

   planprojectcontrivedesign

   Przykłady

   the writer is plotting a new novel