See Also: plot 1, noun(dictionary)
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Plot(medicine)
plot(dictionary)
Gunpowder Plot(encyclopedia)
plot 2, verb(dictionary)
July Plot(encyclopedia)
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Popish Plot(encyclopedia)
Doctors' Plot(encyclopedia)

plot 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?plan?
2 ?story/film?
3 the plot thickens
4 ?piece of land?
5 ?drawing?
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[Language: Old English; Origin: 'piece of land']
?PLAN?
a secret plan by a group of people, to do something harmful or illegal
plot to do sth
::a plot to bomb the UN headquarters
plot against
::a plot against the king
::The court heard how she and her lover hatched a plot (=planned a plot) to kill her husband.
::The plot to overthrow the military government was foiled (=prevented from being successful) .
::an assassination plot
?STORY/FILM?
the events that form the main story of a book, film, or play
::The plot was a little confusing.
::We discover that Jack isn't as innocent as he seems, as the plot unfolds (=gradually becomes clearer) .
the plot thickens
used to say that events seem to be becoming more complicated - often used humorously
?PIECE OF LAND?
a) a small piece of land for building or growing things on
::a two acre plot of land
::a vegetable plot
b) a piece of land that a particular family owns in a cemetery, in which members of the family are buried when they die
::a burial plot
?DRAWING?
AmE a drawing that shows the plan of a building at ground level
-synonym ground plan ground plan
-see also lose the plot at lose (14)