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plot
noun
1 plot
A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal):
— They concocted a plot to discredit the governor.
synonyms: game, secret plan.
Roget 702:
cunning,
craft;
cunningness†,
craftiness
etc.
adj.;
subtlety,
artificiality;
maneuvering
etc.
v.;
temporization;
circumvention.
chicane,
chicanery;
sharp practice,
knavery,
jugglery†;
concealment
etc.
528;
guile,
doubling,
duplicity
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
foul play.
diplomacy,
politics;
Machiavelism;
jobbery,
backstairs influence.
art,
artifice;
device,
machination;
plot
etc.
(plan)
626;
maneuver,
stratagem,
dodge,
sidestep,
artful dodge,
wile;
trick,
trickery
etc.
(deception)
545;
ruse,
ruse de guerre [Fr.];
finesse,
side blow,
thin end of the wedge,
shift,
go by,
subterfuge,
evasion;
white lie
etc.
(untruth)
546;
juggle,
tour de force;
tricks of the trade,
tricks upon travelers;
espieglerie [Fr.];
net,
trap
etc.
545.
Ulysses,
Machiavel,
sly boots,
fox,
reynard;
Scotchman;
Jew,
Yankee;
intriguer,
intrigant†;
floater [U.S.],
Indian giver [U.S.],
keener [U.S.],
repeater [U.S.].
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Roget 344:
plain,
table-land,
face of the country;
open country,
champaign country†;
basin,
downs,
waste,
weary waste,
desert,
wild,
steppe,
pampas,
savanna,
prairie,
heath,
common,
wold†,
veldt;
moor,
moorland;
bush;
plateau
etc.
(level)
213;
campagna†;
alkali flat,
llano;
mesa,
mesilla [U.S.],
playa;
shaking prairie,
trembling prairie;
vega [Sp.].
meadow,
mead,
haugh†,
pasturage,
park,
field,
lawn,
green,
plat,
plot,
grassplat†,
greensward,
sward,
turf,
sod,
heather;
lea,
ley,
lay;
grounds;
maidan†,
agostadero†.
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Roget 554:
representation,
representment†;
imitation
etc.
19;
illustration,
delineation,
depictment†;
imagery,
portraiture,
iconography;
design,
designing;
art,
fine arts;
painting
etc.
556;
sculpture
etc.
557;
engraving
etc.
558;
photography,
cinematography;
radiography,
autoradiography [Bioch.],
fluorography [Chem],
sciagraphy†.
personation,
personification;
impersonation;
drama
etc.
599.
picture,
photo,
photograph,
daguerreotype,
snapshot;
X-ray photo;
movie film,
movie;
tracing,
scan,
TV image,
video image,
image file,
graphics,
computer graphics,
televideo,
closed-circuit TV.
copy
etc.
21;
drawing,
sketch,
drought,
draft;
plot,
chart,
figure,
scheme.
image,
likeness,
icon,
portrait,
striking likeness,
speaking likeness;
very image;
effigy,
facsimile.
figure,
figure head;
puppet,
doll,
figurine,
aglet†,
manikin,
lay-figure,
model,
mammet†,
marionette,
fantoccini†,
waxwork,
bust;
statue,
statuette.
ideograph,
hieroglyphic,
anaglyph,
kanji [Jap.];
diagram,
monogram.
map,
plan,
chart,
ground plan,
projection,
elevation
(plan)
626.
ichnography†,
cartography;
atlas;
outline,
scheme;
view
etc.
(painting)
556;
radiograph,
scotograph†,
sciagraph†;
spectrogram,
heliogram†.
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Roget 626:
plan,
scheme,
design,
project;
proposal,
proposition,
suggestion;
resolution,
motion;
precaution
etc.
(provision)
673;
deep-laid plan
etc.
(premeditated)
611;
system
etc.
(order)
58;
organization
etc.
(arrangement)
60;
germ
etc.
(cause)
153.
sketch,
skeleton,
outline,
draught,
draft,
ebauche [Fr.],
brouillon [Fr.];
rough cast,
rough draft,
draught copy;
copy;
proof,
revise.
drawing,
scheme,
schematic,
graphic,
chart,
flow chart
(representation)
554.
forecast,
program,
programme,
prospectus;
carte du pays [Fr.];
card;
bill,
protocol;
order of the day,
list of agenda;
bill of fare
etc.
(food)
298;
base of operations;
platform,
plank,
slate [U.S.],
ticket [U.S.].
role;
policy
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
contrivance,
invention,
expedient,
receipt,
nostrum,
artifice,
device;
pipelaying [U.S.];
stratagem
etc.
(cunning)
702;
trick
etc.
(deception)
545;
alternative,
loophole;
shift
etc.
(substitute)
147;
last shift
etc.
(necessity)
601.
measure,
step;
stroke,
stroke of policy;
master stroke;
trump card,
court card;
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
great gun;
coup,
coup d'etat [Fr.];
clever stroke,
bold stroke,
good move,
good hit,
good stroke;
bright thought,
bright idea.
intrigue,
cabal,
plot,
conspiracy,
complot†,
machination;
subplot,
underplot†,
counterplot.
schemer,
schemist†,
schematist†;
strategist,
machinator;
projector,
artist,
promoter,
designer
etc.
v.;
conspirator;
intrigant
etc.
(cunning)
702†.
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Dutch: collusie, complot, conjuratie, conspiratie, intrige, komplot, kuiperij, samenzwering
Polish: spisek, zmowa
2 plot
A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation:
— A bean plot.
synonyms: patch, plot of ground, plot of land.
Roget 181:
region,
sphere,
ground,
soil,
area,
field,
realm,
hemisphere,
quarter,
district,
beat,
orb,
circuit,
circle;
reservation,
pale
etc.
(limit)
233;
compartment,
department;
clearing.
[political divisions: see]
(property)
etc.
780
(Government)
etc.
737.1
arena,
precincts,
enceinte,
walk,
march;
patch,
plot,
parcel,
inclosure,
close,
field,
court;
enclave,
reserve,
preserve;
street
etc.
(abode)
189.
clime,
climate,
zone,
meridian,
latitude.
biosphere;
lithosphere.
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Polish: spłacheć
3 plot
The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
Dutch: perceel, intrige, plot, verwikkeling
Polish: fabuła
4 plot
A chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object.
verb
1 plot
Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
Roget 626:
plan,
scheme,
design,
frame,
contrive,
project,
forecast,
sketch;
devise,
invent
etc.
(imagine)
515;
set one's wits to work
etc.
515;
spring a project;
fall upon,
hit upon;
strike out,
chalk out,
cut out,
lay out,
map out;
lay down a plan;
shape out a course,
mark out a course;
predetermine
etc.
611;
concert,
preconcert,
preestablish;
prepare
etc.
673;
hatch,
hatch a plot concoct;
take steps,
take measures.
cast,
recast,
systematize,
organize;
arrange
etc.
60;
digest,
mature.
plot;
counter-plot,
counter-mine;
dig a mine;
lay a train;
intrigue
etc.
(cunning)
702.
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Dutch: bekokstoven, bekonkelen
2 plot
Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
synonym: diagram.
Dutch: plotten
3 plot
Make a plat of.
synonym: plat.
4 plot
Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet).
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