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plot

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01noun

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”

02noun

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

“a bean plot”

“a cabbage patch”

03noun

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

“the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal”

04noun

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

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05verb

plan secretly, usually something illegal

“They plotted the overthrow of the government”

06verb

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

07verb

make a plot of

“Plat the town”

08verb

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

“the writer is plotting a new novel”

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