PLOT
\plˈɒt], \plˈɒt], \p_l_ˈɒ_t]\
Definitions of PLOT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
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a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
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plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow fo the government"
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a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
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make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed
By Princeton University
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a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
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a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
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plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow fo the government"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
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A plantation laid out.
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A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
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To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
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Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
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A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
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Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
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A plan; a purpose.
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In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
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To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
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To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
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To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
By Oddity Software
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A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
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A plantation laid out.
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A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
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To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
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Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
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A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
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Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
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A plan; a purpose.
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In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
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To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
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To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
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To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
By Noah Webster.
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A small area of ground; a ground plan; a diagram; a plat; a scheme, conspiracy, or plan; the plan or main story in a play, novel, etc.
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To lay plans for; scheme; as, to plot a crime; make a plan or map of; to locate or show on a map or chart.
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To scheme; form a plan; as, to plot against one's enemy.
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Plotter.
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Plotted.
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Plotting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small piece of ground.
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To make a plan of:-pr.p. plotting; pa.t. and pa.p. plotted.
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A complicated scheme: a conspiracy: stratagem: the chain of incidents in the story of a play, etc.
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To scheme: to form a scheme of mischief: to conspire.
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To devise:-pr.p. plotting; pa.t. and pa.p. plotted.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To plan; form a plot; conspire.
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A secret plan; conspiracy.
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The plan of a story, play, or poem.
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To make a map of, as lots or plots; divide off in plots.
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A piece of ground set apart; lot; parcel.
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A surveyors map, as of lots.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A small extent of ground;—a plantation laid out;—a draught of a field, piece of land, &c., drawn to a scale.
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n. Any scheme, stratagem, or plan of a complicated nature;—the plan or intrigue of a play, novel, romance poem, or the like; conspiracy; combination; contrivance.