What part of speech is plotting?

Plotting can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. plotting is a verb, gerund of plot (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does plotting mean?

Definitions

Verb

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

plotting - The act of scheming or making plots; machination.

Examples of plotting

#   Sentence  
1. verb There is a rumor that the radicals are plotting against the government.
2. verb They are plotting to kill the king.
3. verb Tom and Mary were plotting to kill Tom's father for the life insurance.
4. verb It is a notorious fact that the Monarchs of Europe and the Pope of Rome are at this very moment plotting our destruction.
5. verb I don't know what Tom is plotting.
6. verb Tom is plotting something.
7. verb I think they're plotting something.
8. verb Tom suspects that Mary and I are plotting something.
9. verb The king was convinced that everyone was plotting against him.
10. verb Sami began plotting Layla's death.
11. verb Sami has been plotting to kill Layla for months.
12. verb Sami was plotting to end Layla's life.
13. verb Sami was plotting with Layla to kill her husband.
14. verb Sami was plotting murder.
15. verb She, fixing on the boy / her eyes, her soul, impatient to admire, / now, fondling, folds him to her lap with joy; / weetless, alas! what god is plotting to destroy.
Sentence  
verb
There is a rumor that the radicals are plotting against the government.
They are plotting to kill the king.
Tom and Mary were plotting to kill Tom's father for the life insurance.
It is a notorious fact that the Monarchs of Europe and the Pope of Rome are at this very moment plotting our destruction.
I don't know what Tom is plotting.
Tom is plotting something.
I think they're plotting something.
Tom suspects that Mary and I are plotting something.
The king was convinced that everyone was plotting against him.
Sami began plotting Layla's death.
Sami has been plotting to kill Layla for months.
Sami was plotting to end Layla's life.
Sami was plotting with Layla to kill her husband.
Sami was plotting murder.
She, fixing on the boy / her eyes, her soul, impatient to admire, / now, fondling, folds him to her lap with joy; / weetless, alas! what god is plotting to destroy.

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