PLOT


Meaning of PLOT in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a defined and usu. small piece of ground.

2 the interrelationship of the main events in a play, novel, film, etc.

3 a conspiracy or secret plan, esp. to achieve an unlawful end.

4 esp. US a graph or diagram.

5 a graph showing the relation between two variables.

--v. (plotted, plotting) tr.

1. make a plan or map of (an existing object, a place or thing to be laid out, constructed, etc.).

2 (also absol.) plan or contrive secretly (a crime, conspiracy, etc.).

3 mark (a point or course etc.) on a chart or diagram.

4 a mark out or allocate (points) on a graph. b make (a curve etc.) by marking out a number of points.

Derivatives:

plotless adj. plotlessness n. plotter n.

Etymology: OE and f. OF complot secret plan: both of unkn. orig.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.