PLOT


Meaning of PLOT in English

■ noun

1》 a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.

2》 the main sequence of events in a play, novel, or film.

3》 a small piece of ground marked out for building, gardening, etc.

4》 a graph showing the relation between two variables.

↘ chiefly US a diagram, chart, or map.

■ verb ( ~s , ~ting , ~ted )

1》 secretly make plans to carry out (something illegal or harmful).

2》 devise the ~ of (a play, novel, or film).

3》 mark (a route or position) on a chart.

↘mark out or allocate (points) on a graph.

↘make (a curve) by marking out a number of such points.

↘illustrate by use of a graph.

Phrases

lose the ~ Brit. informal lose one's ability to understand or cope with what is happening.

the ~ thickens see thicken .

Derivatives

~less adjective

~ter noun

~ty adjective ( informal ).

Origin

OE (in sense 3 of the noun), of unknown origin; the sense 'secret plan' is assoc. with OFr. com~ 'dense crowd, secret project'.

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