Plot can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| plot - plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government" | ||
| plot - devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel" | ||
| plot - make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | ||
| plot - make a plat of; "Plat the town" | ||
Noun |
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| plot - 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" | ||
| plot - the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal" | ||
| plot - a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" | ||
| plot - a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object |
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| 1. | noun | They concocted a plot to discredit the governor. | |
| 2. | noun | The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal. | |
| 3. | noun | A bean plot. | |
| 4. | noun | An incredible number of people in the Arab world believe that September 11 never happened, or was an American provocation or, even better, a Jewish plot. | |
| 5. | noun | In a bulletin, the FBI noted that the surveillance might relate to a plot to disperse a chemical or biological weapon. | |
| 6. | noun | The CIA reportedly has been quietly building a case that the anthrax mailings were an international plot. | |
| 7. | noun | Some may still think that even in the final stages of the 9/11 plot, Zacarias Moussaoui was going to fly a 5th plane into the Capitol or White House. | |
| 8. | noun | The letter bombs were sent in connection with the treatment of the Egyptian islamists imprisoned for the earlier attack on the WTC and a related plot. | |
| 9. | noun | The investigative committee, headed by state Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Santa Ana, is focusing on a series of events last fall filled with enough Shakespearean plot twists and intrigue that it has earned a name around the Capitol: "the palace coup." | |
| 10. | noun | Apart from the plot, the book interested me. | |
| 11. | noun | Their plot to start a fire was discovered by the police. | |
| 12. | noun | Who is behind the plot? | |
| 13. | noun | I don't understand this novel's plot. | |
| 14. | noun | This mystery has a plot twist that's completely novel. | |
| 15. | noun | I saw through their plot at once. | |
| 16. | verb | Yanni tried to plot the perfect murder. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| They concocted a plot to discredit the governor. |
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| The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal. |
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| A bean plot. |
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| An incredible number of people in the Arab world believe that September 11 never happened, or was an American provocation or, even better, a Jewish plot. |
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| In a bulletin, the FBI noted that the surveillance might relate to a plot to disperse a chemical or biological weapon. |
|
| The CIA reportedly has been quietly building a case that the anthrax mailings were an international plot. |
|
| Some may still think that even in the final stages of the 9/11 plot, Zacarias Moussaoui was going to fly a 5th plane into the Capitol or White House. |
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| The letter bombs were sent in connection with the treatment of the Egyptian islamists imprisoned for the earlier attack on the WTC and a related plot. |
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| The investigative committee, headed by state Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Santa Ana, is focusing on a series of events last fall filled with enough Shakespearean plot twists and intrigue that it has earned a name around the Capitol: "the palace coup." |
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| Apart from the plot, the book interested me. | |
| Their plot to start a fire was discovered by the police. | |
| Who is behind the plot? | |
| I don't understand this novel's plot. | |
| This mystery has a plot twist that's completely novel. | |
| I saw through their plot at once. | |
| verb | |
| Yanni tried to plot the perfect murder. | |