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- pronunciation:
- plat
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the story line or sequence of events in a novel, play, or the like.
The plot of the film contains a string of adventures as well as a love story.- synonyms:
- story, story line
- similar words:
- counterplot, narrative, outline, plan, skeleton, subplot
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| definition 2: |
a secret plan, esp. one with an illegal or hostile purpose.
The plot to assassinate the prime minister was uncovered and the conspirators arrested.- synonyms:
- cabal, conspiracy, counterplot, intrigue, scheme
- similar words:
- collusion, deal, design, machination
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| related words: |
artifice, conspiracy, contrivance, web |
adjective + (n.)plot
alleged, complicated, conventional, convoluted, crucial, elaborate, evil, experimental, failed, foiled, intricate, involved, linear, nefarious, permanent, romantic, sinister, small, terrorist, tiny
verb + (n.)plot
advance,
bury,
conceive,
concoct,
contrive,
cook up,
create,
cultivate,
design,
devise,
disrupt,
farm,
foil,
formulate,
hatch,
plant,
scatter,
summarize,
thwart,
till,
uncover,
unravel
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(n.)plot
+ verb
assassinate, blow, bomb, concern, involve, kidnap, murder, overthrow, revolve, thicken, twist, undermine, unfold
noun + (n.)plot
assassination,
bomb,
bombing,
burial,
cemetery,
conspiracy,
coup,
crop,
detail,
examination,
farm,
garden,
graph,
gunpowder,
involvement,
mastermind,
millennium,
murder,
outline,
phase,
plane,
probability,
romance,
suspect,
terror,
terrorist,
upland,
vegetable
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
plots, plotting, plotted |
| definition 1: |
to plan secretly, esp. an illegal or hostile scheme.
The group plotted the break-in carefully so that no evidence would be left behind.- synonyms:
- conspire, contrive, machinate
- similar words:
- collude, counterplot, intrigue, scheme
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| definition 2: |
to mark in order to follow or examine, as a route on a map.
As the battalion advanced toward its objective, headquarters plotted its progress.- synonyms:
- chart, diagram, graph, map
- similar words:
- blueprint, design, lay out, plan
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| definition 3: |
to devise the story line of (a novel, play, or the like).
When I first plotted the novel, it had a different ending.- similar words:
- block out, lay out, outline, skeletonize
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| related words: |
brew, chart, map |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to form secret plans for an illegal or hostile purpose.
The rebel leaders plotted to overthrow the government.- synonyms:
- conspire, intrigue, machinate, scheme
- similar words:
- cabal, contrive, counterplot
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| related words: |
connive, conspire, operate, plan |
adverb + (v.)plot
allegedly, carefully
(v.)plot
+ noun
attack, chart, coordinate, course, courtesy, curve, escape, figure, function, location, magnitude, move, novel, path, return, revenge, route, strategy, twist
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| derivation: |
plotless (adj.) |
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