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plot
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[ noun ] a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
Synonyms Examples "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor" "I saw through his little game from the start" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)The article proceeded to give an inaccurate account of a catholic plot to kill King_James_/1_1 , . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)After looking about a_bit , Wilson discovered beyond Black_Bottom , across the river and far removed from the white city , a considerable tract of land , and it occurred to him that the church and the better Negro homes might gradually be moved to this plot . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)In Washington_City everyone lived in a bubble of plots , and one death might attract another . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)I came to warn you of a plot '' ! `` Plot '' ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
Synonyms Examples "a bean plot" "a cabbage patch" "a briar patch" Used in print ("Editorials"...)If Nikita buys a small plot in some modest rural cemetery , everyone will understand . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)They held the funeral the next morning from the crossroads church and buried the little box in the quiet family plot . |
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[ verb ] plan secretly, usually something illegal
Examples "They plotted the overthrow of the government" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)During the Brown trial , however , the state 's most powerful Democratic newspaper , the Providence_Daily_Post , stated that Brown was a murderer , a man of blood , and that he and his associates , with the assistance of Republicans and Abolitionists , had plotted not_only the liberation of the slaves but also the overthrow of state and federal_governments . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (writing) the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
Examples "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)And in the new `` King_of_Kings '' the plot involves intrigues and twists and turns that cannot be traced to the Gospels . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)There is no_more `` plot '' than that ; only slightly more , perhaps , than a newspaper account of such an incident would give . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)`` String them onto some sort of little plot , and you 'll have a delightful operetta '' . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)As you have doubtless guessed already , the plot is plastered with Freudian , Jungian , and Meinckian theory . |
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[ verb ] make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed
Synonyms Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)This result is plotted along with the 8.6 - mm observations of Gibson ( 1958 ) in figure 1 , a . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)Some of these temperatures are plotted in figure 4 . |
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