plot
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See also płot
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From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), Gothic (plats, “a patch, rags”). See also plat.
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plot (plural plots)
- The general course of a story including significant events that determine its course or significant patterns of events.
- An area or land used for building on or planting on.
- A plan to commit a crime.
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
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- (course of a story): storyline
- (area): parcel
- (plan to commit a crime): conspiracy, scheme
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course of a story
area of land used for building on or planting on
plan to commit a crime
graph or diagram
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plot (third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted)
- (transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).
- They had plotted a robbery.
- (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- They plotted the number of edits per day.
- (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- Every five minutes they plotted their position.
- (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
- They were plotting against the king.
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transitive: to conceive
to trace out a graph or diagram
intransitive: to conceive
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- (conceive a crime, etc): scheme
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plot
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plot m.
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- živý plot m.
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plot
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of plotten.
- imperative of plotten.
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plot
