plot

The definition of a plot is a marked off area that is intended for a specific use.

(noun)

An example of plot is a space designed to be used as a community garden.

A plot is defined as a secret plan to achieve something illegal or evil.

(noun)

An example of plot is a conspiracy to assassinate a politician.

The plot is the main story of a tale.

(noun)

An example of plot is the love story of Romeo and Juliet.

Plot means to plan something.

(verb)

An example of plot is a man scheming how he'll take another man's girlfriend.

See plot in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a small area of ground marked off for some special use: garden plot, cemetery plot
a chart or diagram, as of a building or estate
Origin: short for complot
a secret, usually evil, project or scheme; conspiracy
the arrangement of the incidents in a play, novel, narrative poem, etc.

Origin: ME < OE, piece of land: some meanings infl. by complot

transitive verb plotted, plotting

1. to draw a plan or chart of (a ship's course, etc.)
2. to mark the position or course of on a map
to make secret plans for: to plot someone's destruction
to plan the action of (a story, etc.)
Math.
1. to determine or mark the location of (a point) on a graph by means of coordinates
2. to represent (an equation) by locating points on a graph and joining them to form a curve
3. to draw (the curve thus determined)

intransitive verb

to scheme or conspire

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See plot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot.
b. A measured area of land; a lot.
A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
See graph¹.
The pattern of events or main story in a narrative or drama.
A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.

verb plot·ted, plot·ting, plots

verb, transitive

To represent graphically, as on a chart: plot a ship's course.
Mathematics
a. To locate (points or other figures) on a graph by means of coordinates.
b. To draw (a curve) connecting points on a graph.
To conceive and arrange the action and incidents of: “I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read” (James Baldwin).
To form a plot for; prearrange secretly or deviously: plot an assassination.